anorexia
Binge-Eating.
Binge eating or complusive over-eating.
Young women, probably because they have the most pressure to be skinny.
Binge eating disorder (BED) is by far the most prevalent eating disorder, affecting nearly 3% of the general public and 30% of obese individuals seeking weight loss.
the reason is many girls struggle with their looks just like I do. It is probably harder to starve yourself than to purge.
Binge eating disorder.
Most people with eating disorders have low self-esteem. The most common reasons for having an eating disorder are a need for control, thinness, or perfection.
Binge-eating disorder and compulisve-over-eating disorders are the newest "eating disorders" to be added to the medical lists.
There are only two eating disorders- Anorexia and Bulemia. The most popular overall is Anorexia, by far, however it is predominately women who get it.
It depends on what you mean by "support". Most parents would not support, as in encourage, an eating disorder in their home (probably by a child / daughter), as it is dangerous, destrictive, costly, and potentially deadly. They may, however, be supportive. This means not forcing the person with the eating disorder to eat, allowing them to live, but encouraging them to do so healthily.
There are far more than 3 eating disroders out there. The three most common are anorexia, bulimia, and binge-eating / compulsive over eating.
There are many notes and facts about eating disorders. Some are... *Eating disorder affect an estimated 1 in every 200 people. *Of that, 1 in every 250 is anorexic. *Bulimia is the most common eating disorder *11% of all people have forcefully thrown up (purged) at least once in their life. *About 20% of people with eating disorders die from the disorder or die from a side-effect or direct result of the disorder. *Those affected by eating disorders women:men is 9:1. *95% of eating disorder occus in middle- or upper-class families. *2/3 of eating disorder cases occur in "western" society (america, west europe, ect.) *73% of people who have an eating disorder also have a substance abuse problem (drugs, alcohol, smoking, ect.) *Only about 30% of people with eating disorders every fully recover (most will just relapse) *Eating disorders are one of the fasted rising disease in the world annually