Eight% of the population suffers from an eating disorder. Obsessions with food and body weight can sometimes have devastating results.
Eating disorders directly or indirectly affect 10% of the population. A victim of eating disorders share an unhealthy obsession that finally takes control of their lives. Food takes a harmful forbidden aspect that sets off self-disgust and guilt that leads them to all kinds of excesses.
All individuals with eating disorders usually share a psychotherapy profile where they have had some kind of traumatic event that has lead them to low self-esteem.
Parents please make yourself aware of the Web sites promoting eating disorders and discuss these sites with your child. I know it is hard, I was not even aware that my daughter had a problem until she told me years later. I was lucky she somehow realized herself that it was wrong and got help however; it has left her with a heart condition, which is permanent.
