What is an Eating Disorder Many people experience difficulty when managing how much they eat.
Holidays seem to invite overeating.
Yet, for some, eating and dieting may play too central of a role in their lives. These episodes are often followed by self-induced vomiting or purging through the use of laxatives. The number of binges may vary daily or weekly. This eating disorder is called bulimia nervosa. Another eating disoder may emerge when a person continually places limits on what they eat until they are fasting regularly.