Imagine a thirteen-year-old girl who weighs 60 pounds because she is starving herself. Every time she looks in the mirror, she sees herself as fat. Picture her parents watching their daughter literally disintegrating into thin air. This is the life of a family dealing with an eating disorder. Eating disorders are a major problem with the young people of today’s society. While anorexia and bulimia are sociological problems plaguing the world’s youth, there are also other eating disorders. An eating disorder is an illness that involves an unhealthy feeling about the food we eat. This “fat phobia”, or fear of being over-weight, disturbs people to the point where they are in a way, committing suicide. Eating disorders have been termed the disease of the 1980’s. An eating disorder is defined as “a dangerous and intense striving to become thin. If you suspect that your child or anyone you know has. Some things you should do are to listen with understanding, appreciate their openness and the risk they took to tell you, support them and be available.

Shashank Katariya

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