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…, their health is at extreme risk. Eating disorders affect women twenty times more than men. There are numerous types of eating disorders, but the followings are the three main types: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. Five to ten percent…

…, but among teenage girls, anorexia is thought to affect between 1% and 2%. The commonness of bulimia, which tends to affect people from the late teens on, may be as great as one-in-six tertiary students. Approximately 5% of sufferers of anorexia are male…

…read, "You Can Never Be Too Thin". Some women literally believed this, and died of starvation and suffered from anorexia nervosa. Teenagers are directly targeted because they always conform to high fashion. "We live in a society where it's the standard…

…to control body weight and abnormal attitudes about one’s body and shape. The most commonly known eating disorders are Bulimia Nervosa and Anorexia Nervosa. What does it mean to be Bulimic or Anorexic? According to the website Vital Information…

…down on food causing eating disorders like Anorexia ( a nervous loss of appetite). Barbie and G.I. Joe dolls cause a lot of children to worry about their body image. More should be done to help children deal with peer pressure about body image. Body image…

…of the ideal media, newspapers, magazines, etc. That's how they feel they need to live up to, and also they are more emotional and are in that stage of life where things like this matter a lot. There are two very common eating disorders, anorexia and bulimia…

…in the shadows are teenagers who lack self-esteem, who harm themselves to feel pretty and who strive to be someone they are not. It is too often that we read stories of teenage girls suffering of serious diseases such as anorexia or bulimia. Girls read…

…, as well as extreme dehydration and sleepiness (“AABA” 1). Severe health problems occur after time such as kidney, heart, and other organ failure (“Bulimia: Life” 1). Anorexia Nervosa may be an alternative to bulimia. Anorexia is the complete ceasing…

…considered just a subclass of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa is now recognized as its own disease, occurring mainly in women aged 16 to 25, especially among high school students. Bulimia nervosa affects an estimated 2-4 percent of Canadian females aged 12-25…

…, however, food has been abundant in most of the developed nations, and thinness has become fashionable. Eating disorders have increased significantly over the past thirty years. The two most common eating disorders include anorexia and bulimia nervosa…