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There are many different styles of eating in the world. Everyone feels differently about food. Some eat for comfort, some for health or nutrition or some let it run their lives by letting the fact that they have to avoid it to be the only way they can control it. There are two popular eating disorders in the world today, anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, and even more disturbing is that they are most popular among teens, kids and especially young woman. Generally an eating disorder involves negative thoughts, or self-critical feelings about food or appearance. A person with anorexia typically starves themself to be thin but too an extremely unhealthy weight-loss. A person with bulimia is characterized as a binge eater or purger. They typically have low weight that fluctuates but is not as extreme as anorexic weight-loss. The National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders estimates that five million woman and one million men, including children, have eating disorders. Different types of stress or emotional stress such as depression can cause an eating disorder. A child or young teen is so fragile that a problem at home or school can lead to disturbance in their nutrition.
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