| Modern society has started imposing more and more | | | | in older people and children are very rare. |
| standards on us humans. Because of that people are | | | | As with women men also suffer from this disorders, |
| making great effort to fit in certain groups and they do | | | | although not as many. Only 10% of all people suffering |
| that sometimes by radically modifying their physical | | | | from bulimia are actually men. This is a clear indication |
| aspect. Weight and appearance are starting to | | | | that society has a big role to play in the lives of people. |
| become more and more important among people. | | | | Unlike women, males are supposed to be strong and |
| Some of the most common eating disorder are | | | | powerful, and rely a great deal on their strength. One |
| anorexia and of course bulimia. | | | | would almost certainly feel ashamed if he had a skinny |
| Studies have shown that about one in a hundred | | | | body. Women on the other hand are expected to be |
| teenage girls have anorexia. This is actually sad if you | | | | tiny and slim almost waif-like. Many of them undergo a |
| sit and think that all those young women starve | | | | lot of diets, sometimes exposing them selves to the |
| themselves in order to cope with high levels of stress | | | | risk of binge eating. It is not unlikely for some to |
| and sadness. Sometimes the anorexia case is very | | | | develop compulsive over control. dieting and hunger |
| severe resulting in the death of the patient. Cases of | | | | are proving to be more and more problematic. Still, |
| anorexia in young children and older adults are | | | | studies done by certain universities now show that |
| extremely rare. | | | | there is a great increase in men with eating disorders. |
| Bulimia nervosa on the other hand is not as threatening | | | | This is a clear indication that men are now much more |
| as anorexia, but still cases are more common in | | | | concerned with their physical appearance than they |
| teenage girls and young women. Results to tests | | | | where in the past. |
| made on women show that some 4 out of a hundred | | | | Although the vast majority of people suffering from |
| have bulimia. More than half of the people that have | | | | anorexia or bulimia are either teenagers or very young |
| first had anorexia develop bulimia afterwards or | | | | adults, cases of this disorders have been encountered |
| symptoms related to bulimia. being more of a mental | | | | in children of 6 years old and in older people, in their 70 |
| problem, it is very hard o know haw many people | | | | s. Cases of older women are starting to be more and |
| have bulimia, because it is very easy to hide it. People | | | | more common, because of the importance of physical |
| with anorexia and bulimia have been found out to be | | | | image. |
| very secretive. As with the first eating disorder, cases | | | | |