
09-19-2005, 06:53 AM
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Eating Disorders
The most popular eating disorders among teenage girls and young women are bulimia and anorexia nervosa. Actually, disorders in eating mainly occur during adolescence or early adulthood, but it can also develop during childhood or in later adulthood .
It is seen that eating disorders are often related to other disorders such as substance abuse, depression, and anxiety disorders.These disorders may become severe and lead to big problems like heart failure, kidney damage, or death. Sometimes its difficult to see the symptoms of anorexia nervosa and bulimia by parents as many teenagers manage to hide these serious and fatal disorders from their families.
Last edited by dyna : 12-30-2005 at 01:25 PM.
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