Eating - Most people do not give this a second thought. It comes as naturally to most people as breathing. For others, however, eating is the source of a severe psychological disorder. This disorder is known as anorexia. According to Harvard's eating disorder center , one out of every one hundred young women between ten and twenty are starving themselves, 8 million people in the United States suffer from eating disorders , and without treatment the death rate …showed first 75 words of 816 total…

…showed last 75 words of 816 total…nourishment is likely to get worse and worse until the patient receives treatment. As you can see anorexia is deadly disease with many causes and effects. Now that I have told you about the causes and effects of anorexia, both physical and psychological, I hope it has made you more knowledgeable of this deadly disorder. You never know when you will need this information to help a friend or loved one in fighting this disorder.