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October 10, 2025
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He mate kai kino te anorexia nervosa, e whakaititia kinotia ai te kai e te tangata, nō te wehi nui kei piki te taumaha. Kāore tēnei āhuatanga e pā ana ki te hiahia noa kia angiangi – he mate hinengaro uaua tēnei e pā ana ki te whakaaro o te tangata ki tōna tinana me tōna hononga ki te kai.
E whakaaro ana ngā tāngata e pangia ana e te anorexia he taumaha rawa rātou, ahakoa he iti rawa te taumaha. Ko tēnei whakaaro kē atu ki te tinana e ārahi ana iā rātou ki ngā mahi whakamataku e pā ana ki te kai me te whakakori tinana, ā, ka mate pea mēnā kāore i te tika te maimoatanga.
E pā ana ngā tōmhanga o te anorexia nervosa ki tōu hinengaro me tōu tinana i ngā huarahi ka ngāwari noa i te tīmatanga, engari ka kitea ake i te wā. Mā te mōhio ki ēnei tohu, ka taea e koe te kite i te wā e hiahia ana tetahi e arohaina ana e koe ki te tautoko.
E puta ana ngā tōmhanga hinengaro me ngā tōmhanga whāinga i mua i te kitea o ngā huringa tinana:
I te whakawhānui o te āhuatanga, ka tīmata tōu tinana te whakaatu i ngā tohu tinana o te kore kai. Ka puta ēnei tohu no te mea kāore e whiwhi tōu tinana i ngā matūkai e hiahiatia ana mō te mahi tika.
Ko ngā tōmhanga tinana noa ko:
I ngā keehi kino, āta kē atu ngā raruraru kino penei i ngā raruraru ngākau, te ngaro o te wheua, te uaua rānei ki te arotahi. Ka puta ēnei huringa tinana nā te mea kei te ngana te tinana ki te tiaki i te kaha ina kore e whiwhi kai.
E rua ngā momo matua o te anorexia nervosa e mohiotia ana e ngā tohunga hauora hinengaro, e whakaū ana ki ngā whāinga motuhake e whakamahia ana e te tangata hei whakaiti i tōna taimaha. E rua ngā momo e pā ana ki te whakaiti nui o te kai, engari he rerekē ngā whāinga atu.
Ko te momo whakaiti e whakauru ana i te whakaiti i te kai, kāore he wā tūturu o te kai nui, kāore rānei i ngā whāinga horoi. Ka tutuki te ngaro o te taimaha e ngā tāngata o tēnei momo mā te kai, te nohopuku, te whakakori tinana nui rānei.
Ko te momo kai nui/horoi e whakauru ana i ngā wā o te kai nui e whai ake nei i ngā whāinga utu penei i te ruaki, te whakamahinga o te laxative, te whakakori tinana nui rānei. Ka taea te whakapohehe i tēnei momo ki te bulimia nervosa, engari ko ngā tāngata e pangia ana e te anorexia e pupuri ana i te taimaha tinana iti rawa.
Ko te mārama ki ēnei rerekētanga e āwhina ana i ngā kaiwhakarato hauora ki te whakatakoto i ngā mahere maimoatanga e āta whakaarohia ana. Heoi, he rite te kino o ngā momo e rua, me te hiahia ki te tiaki hauora ngaio.
Ka puta te anorexia nervosa i te whakaranu o ngā take maha, kāore i te kotahi te take. Whakaarohia he maha ngā āhuatanga e huihui ana i te huarahi e whakawehi ai tetahi ki te whanake i tēnei mate kai.
He tino nui te wāhi o ngā āhuatanga ira i roto i tō tūponotanga. Ki te whai koe i ngā whānau e pangia ana e ngā mate kai, te manukanuka, te pouri rānei, pea kua oti te whakawhiwhi i ngā ira e whakapakari ana i a koe ki te anorexia.
Ka whakahihiritia hoki tō tūponotanga e te kemika o tō roro. Ka taea e ngā rerekētanga i roto i ngā neurotransmitter pēnei i te serotonin me te dopamine te pānga ki tō ngākau, tō hiahia kai, me te āhua o tō whakautu ki te ahotea – ko ēnei katoa ka āwhina ki te whanaketanga o te mate kai.
Ko ngā āhuatanga hinengaro te nuinga o te wā e mahi ana hei whakaohooho, hei whakakahukahu rānei mō te mate:
Ka taea hoki e ngā āhuatanga taiao me te pāpori te whakauru ki te whanaketanga o te anorexia. Ko ēnei āhuatanga o waho te nuinga o te wā e hanga ana i tō whakaaro mō te kai, te taumaha, me te ahua o te tinana.
Ko ngā pēhanga ahurea e whakauru ana ki te whakakitenga ki ngā paerewa ataahua koretake mā ngā pāpāho, te whakauru ki ngā mahi e whakamārama ana i te angiangi pēnei i te ballet, te tauira rānei, me te noho i roto i ngā ahurea e tino whakapai ana i te angiangi.
Ko te whānau te nuinga o te wā e whai wāhi ana, ahakoa he mea nui kia mārama ko ngā whānau e kore e whakaeke i ngā mate kai. Heoi, ko te ahotea o te whānau, te tino whakapau kaha ki te ahua, te ngangau rānei e pā ana ki te kai ka taea te whakauru ki te ngoikore i ētahi tangata.
Me rapu awhina hauora tonu koe i te wā ka kite koe i ngā tauira awangawanga me te kai, te taumaha, te ahua rānei o te tinana i roto i a koe ake, i tetahi tangata rānei e mārama ana koe. Ko te whakauru wawe ka tino whakapai ake i ngā hua whakaora, ka taea te aukati i ngā raruraru hauora kino.
Whakapa atu ki te kaiwhakarato hauora ki te kite koe i ēnei tohu whakatūpato:
Rapua te tiaki mate tere ina kite koe i te mamae uma, te maroke nui, te ngaro o te ngakau, te whakaaro rānei ki te whakamomori. E whakaatu ana ēnei tohu kua tae te anorexia ki te taumata kino e hiahia ana ki te tiaki hauora tere.
Kia mahara ko te tono atu i te awhina he tohu kaha, ehara i te ngoikore. He tokomaha ngā tāngata e pangia ana e te anorexia kāhore e mōhio ana ki te kino o tō rātou āhua, na reira, he maha ngā hoa whakawhirinaki, ngā mema whānau rānei e hiahia ana ki te akiaki i te rapu i te rongoā.
He maha ngā take ka piki ake ai tō tūponotanga ki te whanake i te anorexia nervosa, ahakoa te whai i ngā take morearea kāhore e whakamana ka whanake koe i te mate. Ka taea e te mārama ki ēnei take te awhina i a koe ki te kite i te ngoikore me te rapu i te tautoko ina hiahiatia.
Ka whakaatu ngā take taupori i ētahi tauira mārama. Ko te nuinga o te wā ka whanake te anorexia i ngā tau taiohi, inā koa i waenga i ngā tau 14-18, ahakoa ka puta i tetahi tau.
Ka taea e ō āhuatanga wairua te awe i tō taumata morearea:
Ko ētahi wheako ora ka taea te whakaoho i te whanaketanga o te anorexia i roto i te hunga ngoikore. I roto i ēnei ko ngā huringa nui o te ora penei i te tīmatanga o te kura tuarua, te kura, ngā huringa whanaungatanga, te ahotea whānau, te wheako nanakia rānei.
Ko ngā mahi, ko ngā taiao rānei e aro nui ana ki te taumaha, ki te ahua rānei e hanga ana i te tūponotanga atu. Hei tāpiri atu ki ēnei ko te whakauru ki ngā hākinakina penei i te gymnastics, te ballet, te whakataetae rānei, me ngā mahi penei i te tauira, te mahi toi, ngā mahi atu rānei e aro nui ana ki te ahua.
Ko te whai i ētahi atu āhuatanga hauora hinengaro e whakapiki ake ana i tō tūponotanga, ina koa ngā mate manukanuka, te pouri, te mate obsessive-compulsive rānei. Ko ēnei āhuatanga te nuinga nei e whai ana i ngā tauira rite o te matū o te roro ki ngā mate kai.
Ka taea e te anorexia nervosa te pā ki ia pūnaha i roto i tō tinana ina roa te kore kai nui. Ka puta ēnei raruraru nā te mea e hiahia ana tō tinana ki te kai tika hei mahi tika, ā, ko te whakakorenga roa e whakauru ana i te tinana ki te aronga ora.
Ko ngā raruraru tino kino e pā ana ki tō ngākau me tō pūnaha toto. Ka ngoikore tō uaua ngākau, ka arahi ki ngā whiu ngākau koretake, te toto iti, ā, i ngā take kino, te ngoikore o te ngākau. Ko ēnei raruraru ngākau te nuinga nei e whakaatu ana i te anorexia hei mate hinengaro tino mate.
Ka mamae nui ō wheua i te anorexia, ina koa i ngā tau taitamariki ina hanga e koe te kaha o ō wheua. Ka taea e te kore kai me ngā huringa homoni te arahi ki te osteoporosis, ka nui ake ai tō tūponotanga ki te pakaru i ngā hinga iti rawa.
Ko ētahi atu raruraru tinana kino:
Ko ngā raruraru hauora hinengaro e mau tonu ana te whai i ngā tohu tinana. Ko te pouri, te manukanuka, me te motu hapori e tupu ana, e kino ake ana rānei me te anorexia. Ka pā ano hoki te mahi hinengaro, ka uaua ai te tātaritanga, te whakatau ranei, te whakaaro mārama.
Ko ngā raruraru hauora whakapapa e whai ana ko te ngaro o ngā wā o te marama, ngā raruraru momona, me ngā raruraru i te wā hapu. Ki ngā tāne, ka pā te anorexia ki ngā taumata testosterone me te mahi taane.
Ko te rongo pai ko te maha o ēnei raruraru ka pai ake me te rongo tika me te whakaora kai, ahakoa ko ētahi pānga penei i te ngaro o te mātotorutanga wheua ka mau tonu te pānga mena ka puta te anorexia i ngā wā tipu nui.
Ko te whakatau i te anorexia nervosa e whai ana i te aromatawai whānui e ngā tohunga hauora e whai whakaaro ana ki ngā mate kai. Kāo te whakamātautau kotahi e taea ai te whakatau i te anorexia – engari, ka whakamahi ngā tākua i ngā paerewa motuhake me ngā tikanga aromatawai maha.
Ka mahi to kaiwhakarato hauora i te hītori hauora me te whakamātautau tinana. Ka ui rātou ki ō tikanga kai, te hītori taumaha, ngā tikanga whakakori tinana, me ētahi tohu kua pā ki a koe. Kia pono rawa i roto i tēnei kōrero, i te mea ko ngā korero tika e āwhina ana i te whakatau tika me te rongo.
Ko ngā paerewa whakatau mō te anorexia nervosa e whai ana i ētahi wāhanga matua e toru. Tuatahi, me iti rawa te taumaha o tō tinana mō tō tau, te teitei, me tō hauora whānui. Tuarua, me wehi nui koe ki te piki o te taumaha, ki te whanonga tonu e ārai ana i te piki o te taumaha. Tuatoru, me kīhai koe e mōhio tika ki te taumaha o tō tinana, ki tō āhua rānei.
Ko ngā whakamātautau hauora e āwhina ana ki te whakakore i ētahi atu āhuatanga me te aromatawai i ngā raruraru:
He mea nui te aromatawai hinengaro i roto i te tukanga whakamātautau. Ka aromatawai ngā tohunga hauora hinengaro i ō whakaaro, ō ngā āhua, me ō whāinga e pā ana ki te kai, te taumaha, me te ahua o te tinana. Ka tirotirohia hoki e rātou ngā āhuatanga hauora hinengaro e puta ai te anorexia.
I etahi wā, ka homai e ngā mema o te whānau, e ngā hoa rānei ngā korero whai kiko e pā ana ki ngā huringa o te whāinga, o ngā tauira kai rānei kaore pea koe e mohio ana. Ka taea e tēnei tirohanga o waho te tino nui mō te whakamātautau tika.
Ko te rongoā mō te anorexia nervosa te tikanga he huarahi mahi ropu e whakahaere ana i ngā āhuatanga tinana me ngā āhuatanga hinengaro o te mate. Ko ngā whāinga matua ko te whakahoki i te taumaha hauora, te whakatika i ngā tauira kai, me te whakahaere i ngā whakaaro me ngā whāinga e pupuri ana i te mate kai.
Ko te whakaora kai te turanga o te rongoā anorexia. Ko tēnei tukanga kei roto te mahi tahi me ngā kaiwhakaako kai e whai whakaaro ana ki ngā mate kai hei whakapiki haere i tō kai me te whakahoki i tō tinana ki te taumaha hauora. Kāore tēnei mō te kai atu – engari mō te ako ki te kai noa atu me te wikitoria i te wehi nui e pā ana ki te kai me te whakapiki taumaha.
He maha ngā taumata o te tiaki e wātea ana i runga i te kino o tō āhuatanga:
He mea nui te whakaora hinengaro mō te whakahaere i ngā āhuatanga hinengaro o te anorexia. Ka āwhina te whakaora whāinga-ā-mahinga kia kitea, kia whakarerekētia ngā whakaaro kē o te kai, te taumaha, me te ahua o te tinana. He tino whai hua te whakaora whānau mō ngā taitamariki, mā te whakauru i ngā mema whānau ki te tukanga ora.
Ka haere tonu te tirotiro hauora i te wā katoa o te whakaora kia whakarite kia ora pai tō tinana. Ka tirotiro auau tō rōpū hauora i ō tohu nui, i ō mahi toto, me tō hauora tinana whānui i a koe e haere ana i te ora.
Ka āwhina pea te rongoā ki ētahi tāngata, inā koa kei a koe ngā āhuatanga e puta mai ana, pēnei i te pouri, te manukanuka rānei. Heoi, kāore he rongoā e whakaora motuhake ana i te anorexia nervosa – ko te whakaora me te whakaora kai te nuinga o ngā maimoatanga.
Ko te whakahaere i te anorexia nervosa i te kāinga e hiahia ana ki te tautoko tonu mai i tō rōpū whakaora, ā, kaua rawa e whakakapi i te tiaki ngaio. Heoi, he rautaki kei reira e tautoko ana i tō tukanga ora ina kore koe i roto i ngā hui whakaora.
He mea nui te hanga hanganga mo ngā kai mō te ora. Ko te tikanga tenei ko te kai i ngā kai me ngā kai iti i ngā wā tuturu, ahakoa kaore koe e hiakai. Ka tino homai e tō rōpū whakaora tētahi mahere kai e whakamārama ana i te aha me te wā e kai ai.
Ko te whakawhanake i ngā rautaki whakahaere mō ngā kare-a-roto uaua ka āwhina i a koe ki te whakahaere i ngā hiahia ki te whakaiti i te kai, ki te whakauru rānei ki ētahi atu whāinga kai:
Ko te hanga i tētahi taiao tautoko i te kāinga ka āwhina i te hanga i ngā āhuatanga e whakatairanga ana i te ora. Pea ka uru atu ki ēnei: te tango atu i ngā mea whakaohooho penei i ngā tauine, ngā pukapuka kai rānei, te tono atu ki ngā mema o te whānau kia kaua e kōrero mō tō ahua, tō kai rānei, me te hanga i ngā taiao kai pai.
Ko te ako ki te wero i ngā whakaaro kino mō te kai me te ahua o te tinana he mahi whakapakari. Ina kite koe i ngā whakaaro mate kai e puta mai ana, ngana ki te mutu, ka ui ki a koe anō mēnā he whakaaro whai hua enei, he tika rānei. Ka taea e tō kaiwhakaora te whakaako i ngā tikanga motuhake mō tēnei mahi.
Kia mahara ko te ora he mahi whakarereke me ngā piki me ngā heke. Ko ētahi rā ka uaua atu i ētahi atu, ā, he mea noa tērā. Ko te mea nui ko te haere tonu ki te whai i tō mahere maimoatanga me te tono atu i te tautoko ina hiahia koe.
Ko te whakarite mō tō whakatau ki te taote ka āwhina i a koe ki te whiwhi i te hua nui rawa atu i tō haerenga, ā, kia whai katoa ai tō kaiwhakarato hauora i ngā mōhiohio e hiahia ana rātou. Ko te tango i tētahi wā ki te whakarite i ō whakaaro i mua ka taea te whai hua ake i te kōrero.
Tuhia ō tohu me ō raruraru i mua i te whakatau. Whakauruhia ngā tohu tinana penei i te ngenge, te pōuri rānei, me ngā tohu kare-a-roto penei i te manukanuka ki te kai. Tāruahia te wā i tīmata ai ēnei tohu me te āhua o te huringa i te wā.
Whakarite ki te kōrero mō ō tauira kai pono. Me whai mōhiohio tika tō taote mō te mea kua kai koe, tetahi kai kua karohia e koe, me ētahi āhuatanga penei i te whakakori nui, te whakatao rānei. Kia mahara kei reira tō taote hei āwhina, ehara i te whakawa.
Ka mau mai ngā mōhiohio nui ki tō whakatau:
Whakaarohia ō whāinga mō te rongoā me te mea e awangawanga ana koe mō tō mate kai. Ka āwhina tenei i tō tākuta ki te mārama ki tō tirohanga me te hanga i te mahere rongoā e whakautu ana ki ō hiahia motuhake.
Kia rite ki te kōrero i ngā kaupapa ngawari penei i tō hononga ki te kai, ngā āwangawanga whakaahua tinana, me ētahi atu tohu hauora hinengaro. Kātahi te tuwhera ka taea e koe, ka pai ake te āwhina a tō tākuta ki a koe.
Whakaarohia te kawe mai i tetahi tangata tautoko ki a koe, ina koa ki te mea kei te manukanuka koe mō te whakatau. Ko te noho mai o tetahi i reira ka taea te whakarato tautoko hinengaro me te āwhina i a koe ki te maumahara i ngā mōhiohio nui i kōrerotia i te wā o te haerenga.
He āhuatanga hauora hinengaro nui engari ka taea te rongoā te anorexia nervosa e pā ana ki tō hinengaro me tō tinana. Ko te mea nui rawa atu hei mārama ko te ora ka taea me te rongoā me te tautoko tika, ahakoa ka raru pea te haerenga i etahi wā.
Ka pai ake te hua o te whakauru wawe, no reira he mea nui te rapu awhina i te wa tonu e kite ana koe i ngā tauira e awangawanga ana. Kāohore koe e tatari kia kaha rawa te āhuatanga – ko te whiwhi tautoko wawe ka taea te aukati i ngā raruraru nui me te ngāwari ake te ora.
Ka pai rawa te mahi a te rongoā ina whakautu ana ki ngā āhuatanga tinana me ngā hinengaro o te anorexia. Ko te tikanga tenei ko te whakaora kai, te rongoā, te tirotiro hauora, me te tautoko haere tonu mai i ngā tohunga hauora e mārama ana ki ngā mate kai.
Ko te ora ake he kaupapa e hiahia ana ki te wā me te manawanui ki a koe ano. Ka puta pea ngā whakaheke i te huarahi, engari ko ia hikoi whakamua he ahunga whakamua whai kiko. He tokomaha ngā tāngata kua ora ake i te anorexia e haere tonu ana ki te ora i ngā oranga tino makona, hauora.
Kia mahara ko te tono atu i te awhina e whakaatu ana i te kaha, ehara i te ngoikore. He mate hauora te anorexia nervosa e hiahia ana ki te rongoā ngaio, pēnei i ētahi atu mate hauora nui. Me te tautoko me te rongoā tika, ka taea e koe te wikitoria i tēnei mate me te hanga hou i te whanaungatanga hauora ki te kai me tō tinana.
Ae, he tino taea te ora katoa mai i te anorexia nervosa me te rongoā me te tautoko tika. Ko te ora ake ehara i te mea ko te whakahoki mai i te taumaha hauora anake, engari ko te whakawhanake i te whanaungatanga noa ki te kai me te whai i te tirohanga pono ki tō tinana. He tokomaha ngā tāngata kua ora ake i te anorexia e haere tonu ana ki te ora i ngā oranga noa katoa, kāhore he tohu mate kai e haere tonu ana.
Heoi, he kaupapa whakararu te ora ake, e hiahia ana ki te wā me te whakaute ki te rongoā. Ka hiahia pea etahi tāngata ki te tautoko tonu hei pupuri i to rātou ora ake, i te wā ka whiwhi ētahi atu i te motuhake katoa mai i ngā whakaaro me ngā whāinga o te mate kai.
He rerekē te roa o te ora ake mai i te tangata ki te tangata, ā, kei runga i ngā take pēnei i te roa o tō mate anorexia, te kaha o ō tohu, me te tere o tō whakautu ki te rongoā. Ka tīmata pea etahi tāngata ki te pai ake i roto i ngā marama torutoru i te tīmatanga o te rongoā, i te wā ka hiahia pea ētahi atu ki te tau kotahi neke atu rānei hei whiwhi i te ora katoa.
Ka puta pea ngā āhuatanga tinana o te ora ake, pēnei i te whakahoki i te taumaha, i mua atu i ngā āhuatanga hinengaro. Ko te ako ki te whakaaro rerekē mō te kai me te ahua o te tinana e roa ana te wa, ā, e hiahia ana ki te mahi tonu me te tautoko.
Ae, ko te ako ki te kai noa anō tētahi whakawhāinga matua o te rongoā mo te anorexia, ā, e taea ana tōna tutuki. I te wā o te ora, ka mahi tahi koe me ngā kaiwhakaako kai me ngā kaiwhakaora hei whakawhānui haere i ō kōwhiringa kai me te whakarite i ō tauira kai. Ka āwhina tēnei tukanga i a koe ki te wikitoria i te wehi me te manukanuka e pā ana ki te kai e tohu ana i te anorexia.
He tokomaha ngā tāngata kei te ora e miharo ana ki te kite ka taea e rātou te pai ki te kai anō, me te kai ma te tūkino kore i te whakaaro nui ki ngā calorie, ki ngā ārai rānei. Ko tēnei hokinga mai ki te kai noa tētahi o ngā āhuatanga tino utu nui o te ora mō te tini o te iwi.
Ka pā te anorexia ki te hua me te hauora o te whakapaparanga, engari he maha o ēnei pānga ka taea te whakahoki mai me te rongoā me te whakahoki i te taumaha. Ka raru te koroheketanga nui o te kai i ngā huringa homoni, ā, ka arahi ki te ngaro o ngā wā o te marama me ngā raruraru o te hua. Heoi, ko te nuinga o te iwi e ora ana i te anorexia ka taea te whānau tamariki hauora.
Ki te manukanuka koe mō te hua, kōrerohia tēnei ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora. Ka taea e rātou te tirotiro i tō hauora whakapaparanga i te wā o te ora, me te whakarato i ngā aratohu mō te whakarite whānau ina rite koe.
Ko te wehi ki te piki o te taumaha tētahi o ngā tohu matua o te anorexia nervosa, no reira, he mea noa, he mea tumanako te manukanuka ki tēnei āhuatanga o te rongoā. Ko te nuinga o te hunga katoa e pangia ana e te anorexia e pā ana te manukanuka nui ki te whakahoki i te taumaha, ahakoa e mārama ana rātou ki te hinengaro he mea tika mō to rātou hauora.
E mārama ana tō rōpū rongoā ki tēnei wehi, ā, ka whakarato i ngā tautoko me ngā rautaki whakahaere hei āwhina i a koe ki te whakahaere i ēnei ngākau mamae. Ka iti haere te wehi i te wā e haere ana koe i te rongoā, ā, ka tīmata te pai ake o tō tinana me tō ngākau. Kia mahara ko tēnei manukanuka he wāhanga o te mate, ehara i te whakaata o ō hiahia pono, o ō hiahia rānei.
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