Eating Disorders Persuasive Essay

I will be discussing the issue of eating disorders and how they affect nearly eight million people in the U.S. alone. Out of any other psychological disease, eating disorders have the highest mortality rate. This is becoming a much bigger problem than anyone might have anticipated, due to the constant references from the media about how being thin is so important. It has also become harder to combat, because of the fast food industry. Despite what is common knowledge, eating disorders are curable and there are various methods of treatment available that's as simple as encouragement and as complex as psychotherapy. The first thing that I would like to shine the light on is Bulimia Nervosa or “mia” as some people call it for short. Bulimia is when a person eats a lot of high calorie foods and then goes and throws it all up. I believe that bulimia is the most dangerous of all eating disorders. One of the reasons is because rupturing of the stomach is a possible cause of sudden death, but that’s not all. Problems like weak teeth occur because of loss of tooth enamel and irregular or no period for people are also common along with suicide attempts due to depression. Some solutions for this disorder are constant therapy for a long amount of time. Illnesses such as this are usually deeply embedded and take a lot of time to heal and get over. Another big helping hand is family and friends being supportive of the whole process. The next disorder I am going to talk about is Anorexia Nervosa or “ana” as a nick name. Anorexia is a disorder where a person restrains from eating in order to lose weight. Causes for anorexia are usually a bad relationship or a breakup that somehow convinces the person into thinking that maybe it was something wrong with them and that maybe they are“fat”. This usually pushes them so far that they may just stop eating all together and slowly start becoming borderline bulimic. Some of the negative side affects of anorexia are: fatigue, hair loss,