Disordered Eating amongst Adolescents

Author:

Saeedzadeh Sardahaee Farzaneh

Abstract

Eating disorder, “a persistent disturbance in eating and its related behaviors” affects both “food consumption and its absorption”, and the overall physical and mental wellbeing of affected individuals. ED is reported worldwide, across gender, ethnical, racial, and socioeconomic strata. Societal emphasis on gender based body-ideals puts extra pressure on adolescents to achieve or maintain unattainable weigh or body shapes, at the cost of them becoming unwell. ED has a complex etiology where an interplay between genetics and environment brings about the onset of symptoms as early as prepubertal years. With their fluctuating and chronic nature, ED may affect perception, emotions, cognition, and behavior. The interface between ED, overeating and obesity, as well as the recent surge in reported cases of ED during Corona pandemic, has focused much attention on eating pathology amongst adolescents. Many adolescents (particularly boys) specially in a prodromal phases of ED, do not yet meet diagnostic thresholds for ED and hence do not receive timely or appropriate professional help. In the current chapter, we aim to 1- address the issues surrounding early recognition of ED symptoms in adolescents under a general umbrella term, “Disordered Eating”, and 2- highlight the importance of societal influence on vulnerable individuals.

Publisher

IntechOpen

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