Eating disorders are serious somatic and mental-health problems prevailing substantially in young adulthood or adolescence, specifically in youth females.
Anxiety and depression are common in people with eating disorders. The good news is that there are effective treatments both for eating disorders and for anxiety and depression.
Symptoms of depression and anxiety are commonly reported by bulimia nervosa patients who apply to specialty clinics, with 56% of women scoring 20 on the Beck Depression Inventory.
Study shows that noted that when people are depressed, they eat more which might be an attempt to mold these negative feelings and depression may also relate to external eating.
It was noted that depression was being caused at a great rate due to the traditional view for smartness among women because Body dissatisfaction is directly caused by the feminine traditional ideal of smartness which is usually much below the average ideal mass.
People with eating disorders are twice as likely to experience anxiety and depression when compared to people in the wider community. One study found that close to 50 per cent of adolescents with eating disorders had high levels of anxiety and depression, especially those with bulimia.
Eating disorders and major depression
