Eating Disorders Risk Factors Dieting
Dieting
Dieting is the number one risk factor in the development of an eating disorder.
Recent research shows that women who diet severely are eighteen times more likely to develop an eating disorder. Women who diet moderately are five times more likely to develop an eating disorder.
The strict, restrictive and often unsustainable nature of many diets can lead to over-compensatory behaviours, fluctuating weight and many related psychological effects such as feelings of guilt over ‘lack of self control’, low self esteem and obsessive thoughts and behaviours surrounding food. In addition, people who diet frequently are more likely to experience depression.
Many dieting behaviours can be damaging to physical and psychological health. Fluctuating weight is common for most people who diet frequently, as most people re-gain all the weight they have lost after a diet. Weight loss or weight gain may lead to long-term physical side effects.
As well as the physical effects, dieting can be damaging to people's emotional and psychological health, for example, people who diet frequently are more likely to experience depression.
For more information on dieting click the links below:
* Dangers of dieting
* Why diets don’t work
* Competitive dieting
Last revision date: Monday, 06 February 2012 11:01
