Monday, May 31, 2010

Understanding Eating Disorders: What is an Eating Disorder

Eating disorders are very common among the teens. Teens facing eating disorders often tend to put on weight all of a sudden. They often tend to skip their meal and they tend to vomit if they eat anything.

They even feel sick if they try eating more then usual. Teens suffering from eating disorders feel exhausted, fatigued and irritable. They fall sick and suffer terribly from stomach cramps.

Weight obsession is a serious problem for the eating disorders and millions of teens suffer this especially girls.

Out of every seven women are struggling from eating disorder at any given time. According to a survey by Youth Risk in 2003, 36% of the teen girls were overweight while 59% of them were trying to loose weight. More than 90% of the teenage girls have an eating disorder.

What is an Eating Disorder: read here

-www.teenhealthline.com

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