The South Carolina Department of Mental Health estimates that 8 million people in the United States have some form of an eating disorder. Current research indicates that the leading causes of eating disorders are genetics and environmental factors; while environmental factors cannot cause an eating disorder, many people point a finger at the pressures of having a “perfect image” in today's society. Any of a range of psychological disorders characterized by abnormal or disturbed eating habits is defined as an eating disorder. Eating disorders are serious but treatable mental illnesses that anyone can suffer from; no matter your age, gender, race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic group. Psychologists and doctors don’t know the exact reasoning behind
