Eating Disorders

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complete opposite; they are illnesses. Although it is more commonly found in adolescents and young adults, these illnesses can be found in a variety of places with different demographics but there is a peak seen with young adults and teenagers. There are many misconceptions that follow eating disorders due to lack of education and awareness of the disease . Adolescent/early adulthood eating disorders are more prevalent due to lack of awareness, barriers to treatment, and education on eating disorders.

There are many types of eating disorder which include but is not limited to anorexia, bulimia, binge-eating, and restrictive food intake. Each eating disorder includes specific characteristics that differentiates the types of eating disorders. Anorexia, properly known as Anorexia Nervosa, has many mental and physical characteristics. These include dramatic weight loss, denial of hunger, intense fear of gaining weight despite being underweight, stomach cramps, dry/ brittle nails, ...

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people with eating disorders. One of the countries with the highest number of people with eating disorders is the United States of America. Although the U.S. is a first-world country with access to nutritional food, education, and treatment, eating disorders are still on the rise . In fact, many third-world countries picked up eating disorders after being exposed to western countries media. One example of these countries is Fiji.

"Fiji's notion of beauty traditionally was a heavier, rounder and softer female body. After media and Western television was introduced in the late 1990s, eating disorders exploded. Risk factors, such as body dissatisfaction, dieting, desire to lose ...

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