Eating plays a very important role in our lives. Not only is eating necessary to survival, but it is also a recreational activity, associated with most holidays, bringing joy to many people. However, for nearly 10 million people in the U.S. alone, eating is an enemy. These 10 million people suffer from some sort eating disorder, most commonly Anorexia nervosa or Bulimia nervosa. The first and most common eating disorder, affecting nearly seven million women and …showed first 75 words of 1671 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1671 total…amount of therapy are person goes through, it is believed that a person can never be cured of an eating disorder. People who have had eating disorders at one time in their life will continue to struggle with it, either consciously, or unconsciously for the rest of their lives. Eating disorder are a very serious mental and physical illness which people need to be more educated about. It is the only hope to prevent it.