Eating disorders are a huge problem in society for a multitude of reasons. There are many different kinds of eating disorders, such as anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder.
These disorders can pose many health risks and problems and are very traumatic. They can affect a person's ability to physically and mentally function, their relationships with friends and other people. Those who think they might have an eating disorder or are sure they do should most definitely seek help.
According to statistics and research from the NEDA, Anorexia is one of the most common chronic diseases, and people ranging from ages 15 to 24 are ten times as likely to die compared to others of the same age.
I hope I was able to provide you with some useful knowledge, if you'd like to learn more you can go to nationaleatingdisorders.org and read up some more. That is the source that I used :)