Eating disorders affect ane stimated 1 in every 100 people.
To be blunt: they can kill you. You can die from an eating disorder - it is life & death. Explained: eating disorders are important to learn about because everybody needs & deserves help. Almost 50% of people with eating disorders meet the criteria for depression & only 1 in 10 people (that's both men & women!) with eating disorders receive treatment. On top of that, only 35% that receive treatment for eating disorders get it at a specialized facility for eating disorders.
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Well, some people believe that eating disorders aren't a real disease and that people who have them can just eat and be cured. When in reality that is not how it works at all.
many people who develop eating disorders also have very low self esteem
By eating bananas
Are you stupid or something? Yes there are, there are loads. So many people of different ages, weights, background have eating disorders. Don't be dumb. -_-
Usually they are just called a therapist or a psychologist, with a specialty in eating disorders. Sometimes they may also be a certfied nutritionist.
Yes, many famous celebrities around the world (along with many common people) do suffer from eating disorders.
Approximately 20 million women and 10 million men in the United States suffer from eating disorders.
Teen's don't "start" eating disorders. Eating disorders are a very serious disease that commonly occurs in teens as well as adults. However, they're are some teens that pretend to have one because they think it's cool or they'll get noticed but the majority of people that have eating disorders are really sick.
About 1 in every 200 people.