Childhood Eating Disorders

Any discussion involving eating disorders becomes a difficult task when attempting to distinguish one disorder from another – anorexia, bulimia and compulsive overeating. All three share certain symptoms and characteristics. Differentiating them becomes a delicate matter – often one more of degree than difference of symptom type.

The three are similar in that they are not so much about eating and food as they are about control of one's life and environment. All three share the obsession with...