Person with an eating disorder

Eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia or binge-eating disorder tend to be trivialized and even glamourized in our society – thanks to pop culture and the media, they are sometimes seen as a lifestyle choice or a folly, not a serious psychological disorder. We should try to refrain from statements that trivialize these disorders or present them as a person’s defining trait. It is also incorrect to refer to all types of eating disorders using the term “anorexia”, as there is a wide range of various eating disorders, each of which has an appropriate name.