cause of many different reasons(Guillen & Barr, 1994). People are realizing that these disorders are having a dramatic impact on many young teens lives, but yet there is no clear-cut way to solve them. There is also a lot of controversy where eating disorders are concerned and many questions that need to be answered. Some questions that are the topic of discussion for many people are for instance: Can eating disorders be prevented and how can we try to prevent them, and how effective are these prevention methods? (Anderson, 2000). However, there are a lot of potential ideas that have been recently brought up in regards to what researchers and doctors think and feel the best ways to approach this these situations.The first method that medical personnel think will help the curve, if not slowly decrease, the number of eating disorders cases, is for everybody, not just the suffers or the people who deliver the help, to learn more about anorexia and bulimia to get a better knowledge center foundation (Levine & Smolak, 2000). As quoted by two mental doctors, “Genuine awareness will help us avoid judgmental or mistaken attitudes about food, weight, body shape, and eating disorders (Levine & Smolak, 2000). Enhancing the public awareness is the first step in right direction (Eating Disorder Awareness Week, 2000). By becoming more educated people discover the hidden facts and the truth behind many of the causes that eventually lead to eating disorders. First of all in this education process the number one step is to encourage healthy eating and living. (Berzins,2000). Secondly, it is also important people to realize that it is OK to be different, that people all come a wide range of shapes and sizes, but that is what makes us all unique (Berzins, 2000). Fad diets are certainly one myth that teens tend to believe and try, in attempt to make them “thin” (Berzins, 2000). What the main problem is with trying to commu...
