Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Women And Eating Disorder

According to studies, ninety percent of the people who suffer from eating disorders anorexia and bulimia are women. Women are more conscious about their looks and figure than men. We always thought that eating disorder is all about food, weight and eating but that’s perception is quite a big mistake because eating disorder is more on feelings and self-expression. Women with this condition use foods and dieting to cope with life stresses, it can also be a source of comfort and nurturing, and can serves as a tool to release their stress.

Due to its unpleasant side effects, family members are seeking for eating disorder treatment to end their love one’s agony however finding one is pretty hard. People who have eating disorder often don’t think that there’s something wrong about them. There are different methods of treating eating disorder, you can choose to treat it at residential treatment center or outside also known as outpatient treatments. There are treatment center that offer women’s eating disorder program which is obviously created for women which is a big step to women who want to stop their not so good condition.

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