Eating
Disorders, there are three types of eating disorders Bulimia, Anorexia Nervosa,
and Binge Eating. Although thought to be a joke, eating disorders have killed
many, caused many other liked illnesses – like depression – and is very
difficult to discover in someone. Eating Disorders has affected many families
in the US. It has killed million and caused others to have life long injuries.
Now days you may think that since we have rehab and heath center that we don’t
need to worry, but most people suffering are not getting help.
In the US research has proven
that some cases of ED (Eating Disorders) was through genetics or event that has
happened while they were children. Things like trauma have caused ED’s or
Insecurity. (“A genetic link to anorexia nervosa” by Tori DeAngelis:
apa.org/monitor/mar02/genetic.aspx) "This is the first genetic linkage finding we have in
anorexia, so we're quite excited," notes the study's first author, Dorothy
Grice, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania's department of psychiatry and
Center for Neurobiology and Behavior. This article was posted March 2002 so it
is 10 years ago, but it doesn’t mean it’s not valid. If anything it would mean
there is more research done.
On the other hand another set of research taken before 2002 says
that between 1996-2000 eating disorders found in every 100000 person 60 to 40
people could be affected. (Chart 1:
bjp.rcpsych.org/content/186/2/132/F1.expansion.html) The research done to reach
their conclusion may be done 10 years ago also, but this could mean that since
we have progressed in technology and intelligence that we could be having less
and less people affected.
In contrast more RECENT research has been discovered. At least
50,000 individuals will die as a direct result of their eating disorder. Up to
10 million females and 1 million males struggle with an eating disorder, such
as anorexia nervosa, and bulimia. Millions have experienced binge eating more.
(disordered-eating.co.uk/eating-disorders-statistics/eating-disorder-statistics-us.html)
Since this research has been taken more recently, this would lead us to the
conclusion that Eating Disorders rates today are extremely high and are
effective in ruining a person’s life.
Today we have rehab centers and hospital to treat ED’s but not
every one utilizes them. Many refuse the treatment because they think it is ok
and healthy for them. Millions die or have problems with ED’s, and many just
pass it off as no big deal, but those who have been affected know it isn’t.
Thiers children have died or their brother or parent or grand parent. Eating
Disorders do have a big impact. Eating disorders are real and they are deadly.