Eating disorders have amongst the highest death rates of all mental disorders, and someone who suffers from an eating disorder is over five times more likely to die compared to the general population, taking into account the many ways one might die due to an eating disorder such as organ failure or suicide. They have a wide range of symptoms and subcategories, each just as harmful as the rest. The most common eating disorders are Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and EDNOS (eating disorder not otherwise specified). Anorexia is intentional starvation in the victim due to a distorted body image, meaning no matter how underweight the sufferers become, they see themselves as fat. Bulimia is the fear of gaining weight and the intentional binging and purging of food with the intention of releasing the nutrition from the body before it can absorb any nutrients. The digestion process begins immediately, so victims of bulimia are usually average or above weight.
