The reason I picked this topic is that I feel like more and more people are getting eating disorders. Eating disorders are affecting a lot more people than you think. A lot of people die from eating disorders if they're starving themselves to get skinny or if they eat and then throw it up right after. Eating disorders are getting worse and worse and more people are getting them every day. 

     

     Eating disorders are about more than just-food. They are mental health conditions. In the U.S.A, more than 20 million women and 10 million men have some type of eating disorder. 

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     Eating disorders are a range of psychological conditions that cause unhealthy eating habits to start. They could start with an obsession with food, body weight, or body shape.

 

     People with eating disorders can have a variety of symptoms. However, the most severe is the restriction of foods, food binges, and purging behaviors like vomiting or over-exercising.

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     Although eating disorders affect people of all genders and at any stage in life, they are most reported in adolescents and young women. Up to 13% of youth may experience at least one eating disorder by age 20.  

     

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