There are many eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia and binge eating, some of the most common. All of them can have serious issues. Eating disorders are classified as illnesses that involve eating habits that are not healthy and fixation with body weight, shape, along with food. Eating disorders have one of the highest loss of life rate of mentally ill disorders. This disorder affects around 10 in 100 teen girls in the United States. Based on the statistics one can really see that eating disorders are very relevant in society and need to be addressed. There are many contributing factors for why a teen girl may develop an eating disorder and the one’s I will discuss are social media, stress, and abuse. The consequences for eating disorders are harmful to teen girl’s health, psychological well being, and relationships. The solutions for these issues are treatment, education, and prevention.

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