Anorexia nervosa is very difficult to treat. Patients often struggle to maintain healthy eating choices after finishing treatment and relapse easily. The danger of relapse is significant: Of all mental disorders, anorexia has the highest death rate, higher than either schizophrenia or depression.
Who hasn’t struggled with a few extra pounds here and there, clothes fitting too tight, making it hard to breathe or even move around easily? The truth is that one-third of Americans in 2008 were obese, according to a new study just published by Lancet. All that blubber accumulating around American waistlines is cause for concern, but so is the frenzied and debilitating behavior to shed pounds in order to look young and sexy. Eating disorders in this country, among young and old, are taking a tremendous toll.
What happens to a person with an eating disorder? What can be done about it? We’ll take a look.
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