Eating Disorders

Information on Eating Disorders

• Warning Signs – information on the signs and symptoms of anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder.
• Resources – more information on where to find care.

Eating disorders do not discriminate.

Rich, poor, male, female, young and old – eating disorders affect all races, both in our community and throughout the world. The fact is eating disorders are an insidious mental health condition that, inadequately treated, kills more people than all of the other mental health conditions combined.

It is esimated that 9 million Americans struggle with anorexia, bulimia or binge eating disorder. That’s why prevention is so important.

Eating disorders are not due to a failure of will or behavior. They are real, treatable medical and mental health illnesses that take on a life of their own. Eating disorders often develop during adolescence or early adulthood, but they are increasingly common among young children and in middle-aged and older adults.