The Pros And Cons Of Anorexia

Anorexia is a dangerous illness there is out there, but not that many people know it. Many people see it as just someone wanting to be skinny and loose weight when it really is not. According to Mirror-Mirror “Up to 20 percent of people with anorexia die from their disorder making it the deadliest illness there is” (Eating). Having anorexia is life threatening, but it is not something one can control. It is not a life style choice one makes nor is it something someone wants to live with. Twenty percent is a large number of people, and many of them have been living with anorexia since they were children or teenagers. Most of these deaths are teens and children as young as ten years of age (Eating). Some of the twenty percent who die from anorexia are the ones who do not seek out for help because they deny …show more content…
They are scared of what people might think or say about them. Adults may not want to say anything because they do not know what their family will think of them. The National Eating Disorder Association stated adults do not want to come forward about their eating disorder because of “shame and embarrassment for having a “teenager’s problem” (What’s). When this is not a teenage problem, it can happen to anyone. This is why the number of people suffering from an eating disorder is not exactly right. Adults do not want to come forward and say they have an illness. They say only happens to teenagers. They do not want to be humiliated, but not even teenagers like coming forward and say they are suffering from an eating disorder. The National Eating Disorder Association also stated that on a survey of adult woman, “74% felt (too fat); 69% dieted to lose weight; 11% used self-induced vomiting; 29% were at risk for clinical eating disorders”. Twenty nine percent is too many adults at risk. It may not seem like a lot but it is reality and see that even adults are at a high risk for an eating