hese problems in which they are facing. The direction that I took or supported with this paper is anti-eating disorder, but moreover I am supporting treatment and awareness programs. The main reason that I am personally interested in this topic is because right now as a Social Work major, my intentions are to help and work with teens with eating disorders once I graduate. I know what it is like and how these teens feel, and the torment that they deal with and agonize over everyday in attempt to live up to society’s expectations. I hope that maybe I can help these teens take a healthy approach to losing weight, or maybe first maybe just try to raise their confidence and morals.Eating disorders are diseases that take a toll on a number of peoples lives currently as well as in the past. In the United States approximately 10% of girls and women suffer from anorexia and bulimia. Anorexia and Bulimia are only two types of eating disorders that combined affect an estimated 11 million people every year(Mintle, 2000). At least 50,000 of those 11 million people will die as result of their eating disorder. In the most extreme cases the suffers literally starve themselves to death or burn up their esophagus. Those who survive are at greater risk of developing brittle bones, life-threatening infections, kidney damage and heart problems (What Causes Eating Disorders?, 2001).Fortunately, doctors have learned a lot over the past decade about what causes eating disorders and how to treat them. There is no single cause for eating disorders. (What Causes Eating Disorders?, 2001) A number of factors, including cultural and family pressures, chemical imbalances, psychological, physical and emotional and personality disorders all together produce both anorexia and bulimia. Researchers have also suggested that genetics may also contributed to the development of eating disorders (What Causes Eating Disorders?, 2001). Females who having a history ...
