No one directly encourages anorexia nervosa or bulimia, however, when people frequently say: "you can't be too rich or too thin", when the media publicizes those people who have lost a great deal of weight. when very thin figure models are considered the ideal weight to be, then people might get the idea that being extremely thin is the way to be and this might lead to an eating disorder.
An estimated 1 in every 200 people suffers from an eating disorder.
Any eating disorder can be fatal is the eating habit is continued for a prolonged period of time. One in five people who have an eating disorder, die from it.
An estimated 1 in every 200 people has a diagnoseable eating disorder, but as many as 1 in 5 have had eating disorder like tendencies or disordered eating habits.
Only about 20% of people with an eating disorder will ever be fully cured or rid of the disease.
Every person with an eating disorder has an unhealthy relationship with food.
One can find treatment centers for people with an eating disorder by visiting a local hospital. They are able to refer the person who has an eating disorder to a treatment center that will help them out.
it depends on what kind of eating disorder. sometimes depression or maybe other people telling you you're fat
That is not true. Though it is very difficult, many people are able to recover from their eating disorder.
An ideal of beauty
"You" is a personal statement, but eating disorder do affect a large variety of people. An estimated 1 in every 200 people suffers from an eating disorder, while about 1 in 5 have some sort of disordered eating habits.
Japanses people do not "participate" in eating disorder much more than any other country, chosen at random, would. Eating disorder can - and do - affect a variety of people all across the world.
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