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Published: 22.07.2003.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Anorexia', 1.
Extract

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 is around 20-30% due to complications from the illness. …

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