Eating Disorders: Anorexia
Each year millions of people in the United States are affected by serious and
sometimes life-threatening eating disorders. The vast majority are adolescents
and young adult women. Approximately one percent of adolescents girls develop
anorexia nervosa, a dangerous condition in which they can literally starve
themselves to death. Another two to three percent develop bulimia nervosa, a
destructive pattern of excessive overeating followed by vomiting or other "
purging " behaviors to control their weight. These eating disorders also occur
in men and older women , but much less frequently. The consequences of eating
disorders can be severe. For example, one in ten anorexia nervosa leads to death
from starvation, cardiac arrest, or suicide. Fortunately, increasing awareness
of the dangers of eating disorders, sparked by medicall studies and extensive
media coverage, has led many poeple to seek help. Nevertheless, some people with
eating disorders refuse to......
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