Would an eating disorder be considered a disease?

[MetalMat]

Would something like Bulimia or Aneorexia be a disease, or is it just a dumb choice that is someones own fault?

 

[Heisenberg]

Depends who you ask.

 

[Banana]

I'll get back to you once I figure out how the brain works.

 

[cKGunslinger]

Aneorexia, much like alcoholism and homosexuality, is simply the result of a lack of willpower.

/sarcasm

 

[Patt]

disease? ... mental disorder? ... one of the two.

 

[StageLeft]

Anything that requires inner strength to overcome can be called a disease these days. My laziness is a disease. Your drinking is a disease. Bob's bad temper is, too.

I'd be more akin to call anorexia/bulemia a disease (mental illness, anyway) than overeating, which has a simpler cause. Anorexics are screwed in the head, whereas overeaters are just lazy.

 

[Bryophyte]

Mental illness (or a symptom of it.) Leads to other diseases, though, if it's untreated.

 

[FoBoT]

it will be if obesity is a disease

 

[Nimloth]

"This has gotta be the only country in the world where some people are digging in the dumpster for a peach pit while other people eat a nice meal and puke it up intentionally."

- George Carlin

 

[scorpmatt]

Originally posted by: Nimloth
"This has gotta be the only country in the world where some people are digging in the dumpster for a peach pit while other people eat a nice meal and puke it up intentionally."

- George Carlin

one word, binge