Eating disorders (ED) are serious medical conditions associated with persistent eating behaviors that negatively affect your health, emotions, and ability to function in important areas of life. The most common eating disorders are anorexia nervosa, binge eating disorder (BED), and bulimia nervosa. EDs manifest themselves unevenly in different cultures. The obsession with being thin is a key characteristic of EDs and is concentrated especially in cultures where food is very abundant, while, in deficient cultures, the idealistic body shape is much more likely to be more portly. This suggests that body ideals tend toward what is more difficult to achieve in specific cultures. However, it is important to note that this initial cause is not specific and there may be other causes of EDs, such as individual risk factors (e.g., self-esteem deficits), dissociation, perfectionism, genetics, lack of internal awareness (an inability to identify with emotional states, including physiological states as well as those of satiety or hunger). Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay One of the methods of treating EDs is the use of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) on the patient. VNS therapy involves a small device implanted under the skin of the chest and similar to a pacemaker. The method of treating patients with compulsive eating disorders includes the steps of determining a pre-selected event that indicates the need to treat specific nutritional disorders and responding to the occurrence of a pre-determined event using a pre-determined stimulating signal. Another ED treatment method that will be discussed in this essay is called cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). CBT targets the distorted thoughts and poor behaviors that support eating disorder symptoms. Currently, CBT is well prepared for the treatment of bulimia nervosa with ISP (interpersonal psychotherapy) demonstrating equivalent long-term effects. In the VNS method, the patient's vagus nerve is stimulated, which is suitable for reducing the effects of eating disorders. For example, a preselected event can be a certain level of food intake by the patient in a given period of time, or the usual time of starting the meal, depending on the patient's circular cycle, or the sequence of each interval predetermined, recognizing the patient's need for self-healing by voluntarily initiating the stimulus signal to the vagus nerve. In cases where the disorder is forced to overeat, the stimulating signal is predetermined to give the patient a feeling of satiety. The occurrence of a predetermined event is determined by summing the number of ingestions by the patient within a specified period of time. In cases where the disorder is a compulsive refusal of food (anorexia nervosa), the stimulating signal is predetermined for the patient suffering from hunger or satiety. The invention concerns apparatus and methods for the treatment of excessive and compulsive eating and obesity, but can also be used in the treatment of other compulsive eating disorders such as bulimia and anorexia. The treatment is carried out by selectively applying specially adapted modulating electrical signals to the patient's vagus nerve using a neurostimulator that is completely implanted in the patient but can be used both externally and also through the skin. Talking about the CBT method, it is a treatment that is based on understanding a people and their beliefs, as well as their behavior patterns. For lasting improvement.