Thus, eating disorders not only affect women, they also affect men, in which we are seeing more cases of every day. .
Second, victims of eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia have many warning signs, which help people notice the signs of these eating disorders. For instance, anorexia nervosa has the following symptoms: significant weight loss, excessive dieting and exercising, and constipation ("Anorexia Nervosa", 2). Also, bulimia nervosa has the following symptoms: makes excuses to go to the bathroom after meals, and eats large amounts of food on the spur of the moment ("Bulimia Nervosa", 2). This illustrates that anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa can both have similar and obvious symptoms to help other people detect them and prevent the illness from becoming life threatening. .
In addition, other eating anorexia nervosa symptoms are: fear of becoming fat, distorted body image, and hyper activity ("Anorexia Nervosa", 2). Also, bulimia nervosas emotional symptoms are: mood swings and makes excuses to go to the bathroom after meals ("Bulimia Nervosa", 2). This reveals that these eating disorders can affect a person not only physically, but emotionally too. Therefore, bulimic or anorexic people can be hurting themselves physically and emotionally as well. Most importantly, when a person has a disorder such as anorexia or bulimia, they are affected in many ways and sometimes don't realize the effects of the disorder. For example, if a persons hands and feet are cold at a normal room temperature and if they have dry, sallow skin, this person could be experiencing the consequences of anorexia nervosa ("Anorexia Nervosa", 2). Furthermore, if a person has tooth enamel erosion, gum infections, cavities and tooth discoloration caused by stomach acids from frequent vomiting, the person is experiencing the consequences of purging due to bulimia nervosa ("Bulimia", 2). This proves that anorexia and bulimia nervosa can both have different consequences and effect than weight loss.