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Essay Archive - Eating Disorders: Anorexia
Eating Disorders: Anorexia
Each year millions of people in the United States are affected by serious and
sometimes life-threatening eating disorders. The vast majority are adolescents
and young adult women. Approximately one percent of adolescents girls develop
anorexia nervosa, a dangerous condition in which they can literally starve
themselves to death. Another two to three percent develop bulimia nervosa, a
destructive pattern of excessive overeating followed by vomiting or other "
purging " behaviors to control their weight. These eating disorders also occur
in men and older women , but much less frequently. The c....
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