FACTORS IN THE DISORDER OF FOOD BEHAVIOR IN YOUNG PEOPLE

Abstract

The article examines the factors that cause eating disorders. The purpose of the study is a theoretical study of stress as a factor in eating disorders among young people. To achieve this goal, the following research tasks were set and solved: the degree of development of the problem was analyzed; to investigate the validity of theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of stress as a factor in eating disorders among young people; to identify the factors of the formation of eating disorders in young people. The systemic approach allowed us to study stress as a system consisting of many elements interconnected by certain relationships and connections. It is shown that modern science evaluates eating disorders in the context of many factors, including neurobiological, genetic, sociocultural, family and individual. In some theories, the cause of eating disorders is called physiological factors, namely, malnutrition, hormonal imbalance of the body, exhaustion, metabolic disorders, etc. Other theories have proven that the causes of eating disorders are psychological factors. It has been concluded that the cause of eating disorders is always a combination of factors – biological, psychological, social, cultural, etc., with one of them dominating. It has been confirmed that stress is a factor in eating disorders. Under the influence of stress, most people change their eating habits. The nature of changes in eating habits depends on the individual characteristics of the person. In some people, stress manifests itself in loss of appetite and refusal of a normal eating regimen, in others – it is “stress bingeing” with food high in fat and carbohydrates. Any option is an eating disorder that requires professional support to maintain health.