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Eating is a fact of life. We need to eat to live. And, if you’re a kid, you need to eat healthy food - and enough of it - so that you grow and develop the way you should. But for some people, food becomes the enemy. Because they’re worried about being fat, they severely limit what they eat or make themselves vomit right after eating.
Doing this can make someone very sick. People have even died due to eating disorders and the harm it did to their bodies. Why, then, would anyone do it? There isn’t just one answer.
Some people point to the perfect-looking bodies of models, movie stars, and sports stars. We all see these images on magazine covers and on TV. That may be a piece of the puzzle, but it’s more than that. Many people admire the way these people look, but don’t change their eating habits so severely.
Anyone can have an eating disorder, though they most often affect girls and women. Let’s find out more about eating disorders.
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