Eating Disorder (Anorexia)

Eating Disorder (Anorexia)

Introduction

These days there are a range of eating disorders and lots of people suffer from them. Adolescent women are the majority of those affected, although young men may suffer from an eating disorder as well. The two most common of these eating disorders are anorexia nervosa and bulimia.

An eating disorder is determined by a person's body weight. If a person's body weight is at least fifteen percent (15%) below their "ideal" weight, they are diagnosed as having an eating disorder. [1]

Discussion

Anorexics usually restrict their intake to fewer than 1,000 calories per day which is basically starving ...