Eating Disorder & BMI

Expert Guide on Identifying Eating Disorders & Time to Take Action

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Harriet Frew, an Eating Disorder Therapist and trainer in eating disorders and body image, promotes a healthy relationship with food and your body.

Women Fitness Team got in touch with her to gain answers to questions frequently asked on eating disorders- link to BMI, identifying signs and seeking guidance.

Anorexia nervosa, Bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder are the three main eating disorders. Can you highlight a generic difference between the three and its relation with BMI?

An eating disorder is a serious mental health condition which describes behaviour that focuses on an individual’s abnormal relationship with food and is usually accompanied by a strong desire to change weight and body shape. Self worth has become disproportionately valued around ability to control weight and shape and restrict food intake.

Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder, characterised by a strong desire to lose weight. This is achieved by strictly limiting food intake or through excessive exercise. People with anorexia may also use purging after eating using vomiting or laxatives (purging sub-type).

Bulimia