Skip to main content Text Only version of this page
BBC
Home
TV
Radio
Talk
Where I Live
A-Z Index
Games
Games
Chat
Chat
Vote
Vote
Win
Win
Quiz
Quiz
Club
Club
 Homepage
 UK
 World
 Sport
 Music
 TV/Film
 Animals
 Sci/Tech
 Weather
 Pictures
 Find Out
 The Team

Contact Us
Help
Teachers





  Eating problems
What are eating problems?
How can eating problems start?
What is anorexia?
What is bulimia?
What is compulsive eating?
How many children have them?
Where can you go for help?

 
How can eating problems start?
Scientists think eating problems can start in a lot of ways.

Some scientists think that you are born with them.

Others believe your eating problems are learned from people around you, and from wanting to be like very thin fashion models.

Also, people who don't feel in control of their lives turn to eating, as it's one thing they do have power over.

Eating problems can also start because of other problems, such as unhappiness at home or school, someone you know dying, or a mixture of these and other things.


E-mail this page to a friend



   back next   
Body Image
Full section
ADVICE
PRESS PACK
YOUR SAY
VOTE
FEATURES
INTERACTIVE DEBATE
Teachers:
Newsround's lessons on health
© BBC Back to top^^
Homepage | UK | World | Sport | Music | TV/Film | Animals | Sci/Tech | Weather
Pictures | Find Out | The Team | Games | Chat | Vote | Win | Quiz | Club