ANOREXIA AND BULEMIA 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 adolescent 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 …showed first 75 words of 945 total…

…showed last 75 words of 945 total…family do not blame the sufferer will help a lot. Sufferers need to seek professional help and family members need to insist if the sufferer is in danger or in complete denial. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia are partly caused by lack of self-esteem, many changes in life, or over simplification of life (i.e. If I eat, I get fat). Thankfully, anorexia and bulimia are usually treatable through psychotherapy and intense affection, patience, and love.