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For some of us, food-related problems reach beyond the holidays. Food-related behavior disorders can interfere with a person's quality of life and in some cases require serious medical intervention.
The following list, developed by the University of Arizona Nutrition and
Wellness Center, outlines common signs of food-related behavior disorders.
- Unexplained changes in weight, food consumption, or exercise.
- Uncompromising desire to control food, weight, or exercise.
- Negative, demeaning judgment toward self about body, weight, and eating patterns.
- Use of amphetamines or stimulants to lose weight (including over-the-counter diet pills).
- Preoccupation with food, weight, or exercise.
 - Preoccupation with feelings of shame and guilt about eating behaviors and body.
- Belief that experiences in life are dramatically affected by body weight.
- Fear of gaining fat, rigid control of exercise or food intake to prevent gaining fat.
- Any type of purging, including vomiting, diuretics, laxatives, additional exercising, restricting food.
If you or someone you know regularly exhibits behaviors outlined above, a doctor needs to be consulted.
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