Eating Disorders

Eating Disorders Imagine a day in which your life was dictated by the food that you ate. Imagine standing on a scale while you ate or purging after eating large amounts of food. Those with eating disorders may engage in some of these activities. Eating disorders are serious conditions that affect millions of people in the U.S. More than ninety percent of those with eating disorders are adolescent and young adult women (Eguia & Bello, 2001). …

…there are serious medical problems. Medications are sometimes part of the treatment plan when there are other mental disorders like depression or anxiety is present (American Psychiatric Association, 1993). Summary Eating disorders are serious mental disorders that, if not taken seriously can be deadly. It is often times difficult to detect that someone has an eating disorder because the main components of eating disorders are keeping the disorder private and denying that there is any problem.