The Psychological and Physiological Effects of Bulimia Nervosa

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Impact of eating disorder on people

Table of Contents
Introduction...................................................................................................................................3
Research questions........................................................................................................................4
Hypothesis..................................................................................................................................... 4
Data interpretation and Analysis...................................................................................................5
Conclusion................................................................................................................................... 17
References................................................................................................................................... 18

Introduction
Eating disorders are one of the most dangerous issues faced by people. it is a kind of disorder in
which abnormal eating habits of people can negatively affect their mental and physical health.
The eating disorder has biological as well as environmental causes that impact the health of
people. An eating disorder is divided into various categories like anorexia nervosa, bulimia,
rumination disorder, etc (Vall and Wade, 2015).
Bulimia disorder affects the person mental as well as emotional health. it is caused when
people eat over and suffer the problem of overweight. It causes various health concern
problems like depression, anxiety, obsessive behaviors and many more. People suffering from
bulimia also face a problem of low blood pressure and heart rate (Udo and Grilo, 2018). Many
areas of the body like face, mouth, and pancreases are also badly affected by bulimia disorder
which makes the person weak. People who are using diuretics and laxatives may face difficulties
in the future regarding their digestions and health. Overuse of laxatives can also damage
kidneys and therefore causing serious kidney disease (Marco, 2017).

Research questions
The research question provides an appropriate solution to the study conducted. The research
question must be accurate and reliable as per the research. Effective research question helps in
reaching out to appropriate solutions (Rosenbaum and White, 2015).
 What are the factors responsible for causing health disorder problems
 Do eating disorder directly impacts the health of people
 What are the precautions that can help in minimizing the problem of eating disorders
 What causes the need for self-destructive behavior in patients with eating disorders
 What is the most effective treatment for patients facing an eating disorder problem
Hypothesis
H1: There is no significant impact of eating disorder in the health of people especially with
bulimia
H0: There is a significant impact of eating disorder on the health of people especially with
bulimia

Data interpretation and Analysis
1. Do you feel remorse when you eat
Figure 1: Feeling Remorse
(Source: Chatterjee, 2018).
After analyzing the data we got to know that approximately 64.1 % of people feel guilty and
remorse while eating a particular food. Eating is the basic need of every individual.
2. Do you eat continuously even after you feel full
Figure 2: Eating continuous action
(Source: Erskine, et al. 2016).

After analyzing the data of respondents it is clear that 67.3 % of people don't like eating
continuously after they start feeling full and satisfied. But on the other hand, there are still 32.7
people who prefer earing always.
3. Are you scared of being overweight
Figure 3: Scared of being overweight
(Source: Erskine, et al. 2016).
It is very surprising to know that more than 50% of people don't prefer to eat oily and junk
food. The respondents are scared of being overweight. The data clearly shows that about 45.5
% individual don’t worry about their health and weight

4. Do you check your weight at least once a day
Figure 4: Checking weight at least one day
(Source: Grant, 2018).
The data shows that 61.4 % of people don't like checking their weights regularly and on a daily
basis. But there are still 38.6 % of people who are very health conscious and follow all the
health regularly.
5. Do you take laxatives for losing weight
Figure 5: laxative for losing weight
( Source: Greenhalgh, 2016).

After conducting research we came to know that 53.5 % of respondents don't use laxatives in
order to lose weight (Greenhalgh, 2016). They are aware of the negative effects of using
laxatives may harm their physical and mental health.
6. Do you hide food
Figure 6: Hiding food habit
(Source: Hofmann, 2016).
It is very surprising and shocking to know that most of the people eat food without telling
anyone. Almost 56.4 respondents prefer to hide food and other eating items. There are more
than 40% of people like eating in front of everybody without feeling awkward and shame.

7. Do you diet to lose weight
Figure 7: Dieting habits
( Source : Katzman, et al. 2019)
After conducting research it is obvious that more than 50% are diet conscious they like eating
the most. On the other side, there are approximately 46.5% of people who think overeating can
cause an end number of health issues. They go for diet most of the time in order to reduce
various health problems.

8. Do you exercise more than once a day
Figure 8: exercising
( Source: Kazdin, et al. 2017).
After analyzing the data we see that only 46.5 % of individuals take proper care of their body
and mental health. More than 50 % of people do not give much importance to their physical
health and thus face so many issues and diseases.

9. Do your emotions affect your eating habits
Figure 9: Affecting eating habits due to emotions
( Sources : McNamara and Parsons, 2016).
The data shows that 56.4 % of the population is very emotional which positively or negatively
affects their eating habits. Almost 43.6 % of people are not emotionally attached to their eating
habits.

10. Do you avoid social activities and parties
Figure 10: Avoiding social activities
(Source: Brownell and Walsh, 2017).
It is very shocking to know that 52.5 % of people don't avoid going to social gathering and
outside parties. Only 47% of people are taking care of their health-related issues and problems.
11. Do you skip meals for losing weight
Figure 11: Skipping meals
( Source: Le, et al. 2017).