Eating disorders? Why? And how far do people go?

I am doing a report on eating disorders and i just wanted to put some opinions in the report. If you have information please share, or a comment/ story.

Most girls start having eating disoders when they see how thin their celebrity idols and whatnot are. Some also do it because they feel others are juding them by their weight. People will go as far as throwing up after meals (belimia) to not eating at all (anorexic). They tend to think that they're fat, even though they're extremely thin. They'll look at girls who weigh more then them, and wish they were her size.. but they're way smaller then her. It's really sad that young girls have to go through all of this, because once one starts, it is extremely hard for them to stop. I knew a belimic girl who went to rehab, and even after she got out, she still had to throw up every so often. It was a worse addiction then smoking to her. Nowdays, apparently even guys are starting to get eating disorders. Being thin is in.. unfortunately some people take it to the extreme.

An eating disorder is a mental disease. Sure some people do it because they want attention or just don't know the right way to lose weight. Most cases though are disease and hard to cure. It's not like quitting smoking because in that case, you just don't do it. With an eating disorder, the person has to eat which is harder than not eating at all. People got too far sometimes. There were these twins who were anorexic and they were on the brink of death, but still they wouldn't eat. THey were down to abot 50 pounds but they still thought they were fat! poeple with eating disorder will think they are fat no matter how skinny they are.

it happens

people can die

people mostly have eating disorders because someone tells them that they are too fat and need to lose some weight...well then they go and starve themselves...and start losing tons of weight until they look like they are basically dead...i don't really know anyone who has done this personally...but i've seen shows on it and movies....they also go on a thing called a binge...where they eat a whole bunch of food and then they go in the bathroom and make themselves throw-up.....i hope that helps you!

Eating disorders are harmful things that can kill your body there are girls out in the who are really skinny but think they are fat Its not there fault its the mirror images that make you think you are fat its the oppiste you look on the mirror and ur skinny it makes you look fat when ur fat it make u look skinny There are almost 100,000 girls dying each day because eaither they are anorixe or bulima bulima purger girls to throw up after they eat and anorix is when they don't eat anything at all i hope rhe information above will really useful for your report

I had anorexia nervosa for about a year. I did it because I was a cross country runner and I got a lot of attention for being really skinny. Once the season ended I started to put on weight naturally and I freaked out. I couldn't stand to gain weight even 1lb from water. I would eat breakfast everyday and then I wouldn't eat the rest of the day. Sometimes when I couldn't take the hunger anymore late at night when my family was asleep I would binge, but I never purged. Anorexia is a disease I will fight for almost the rest of my life. I did this mostly in the pursuit of attention, what I thought would be happiness, and perfectionism. I do feel really lonley becuase I am one of very few straight guys to get an eating disorder, but diseases don't care who you are.

an eating disorder can range from being overly careful of what you eat or eating too much or too little then leading to death.
its a vicious cycle; you eat because your unhappy, your unhappy because you eat.

Eating disorders are not at all common in poor parts of the world where eating is not a feast of fats and high calorie fast food, television and lazy entertainment.

Many women and men have eating disorders that never cause death. Morbidly obese people have the disorder (food controls their lives). Teens play games with it, to lose weight, some end up liking the feeling so much that they take it to the limit (lose hair, stop menstruating, lose muscle, electrolytes, and have bone loss. Body image plays a part in that. The need to be thin enough, and never being happy with oneself.

Then there is the binge purger that cannot see starving themselves and missing out on the pleasure of eating. They will either eat and then exercise or eat and vomit, and or take laxatives. All which are not as effective as starving (if the effect wanted is thinness).

All these different ways to control weight and abuse food take many hours from a person's life. It takes true dedication to become a hardcore eating disorder affected individual..

I hope some of this info helps you. Now pardon me while I go out for my run, I just ate a salad with no toppings.