Eating disorders plague society more and more every year. According to a recent study by the National Institute for Mental Health, between five to ten million American girls and women, and one million men are suffering from eating disorders.
Eating disorders
Most eating disorders root from an extreme fear of becoming fat or being thought of as fat. These feelings are sometimes brought about by environmental factors, some are a result of past abuse, some due to genetics, and some due to addiction. The most prevalent eating disorders reported are:
Anorexia Nervosa. Patients with anorexia control their body weight by indulging in voluntary starvation, excessive exercise, and the use of medications as weight control measures.
Bulimia Nervosa. Patients with bulimia over binge eat but feel excessively guilty after eating a lot. Because of the guilt, they intentionally purge the food out by forcing themselves to defecate by using laxatives, or by tickling their throats to vomit.
Binge eating disorder. People who indulge in binge eating frequently consume excessive amounts of food rapidly.
Medical complications
A lot of medical...
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