Eating Disorders
Lilly Fair
What are they?
Eating disorders are a thing that affect people all around the world. People who have a eating disorder often suffer from bad body image and low self esteem. People with a eating disorder sometimes think that they are either too fat or too skinny.
Binge eating
People with this eating disorder eat a ton of food at one time, then afterward they feel guilty
Bulimia
People who have bulimia often eat alot at one time and then go and throw it all up.
Anorexia
People who suffer from anorexia starve themselves or eat very little in order to loose weight.
Get the Facts
- 20 million woemn in the U.S suffer from a eating disorder.
- 10 million man in the U.S suffer from a eating disorder
- it is common for people who have a eating disorder to have another mental disorder.
- over half of teenage girls and a third of teenage boys use unhealthy ways to loose weight, such a skipping meals, vomiting, or smoking