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 On
March 7, a shocking study was released online in Archives of General
Psychiatry. The study showed that a great number of American
teenagers are suffering from eating disorders. The government
research showed that more than half a million U.S. teens have had
an eating disorder.
An eating order is a dangerous mental illness. People who
are suffering from eating disorders eat far too little or far too
much. They are usually unhappy with their bodies. Sadly, eating disorders
are common among teens and kids. In fact, more than half million
teens in the U.S. are suffering from the dangerous health conditions!
 Researchers at the National
Institute of Mental Health studied more than 10,000 teens aged 13
to 18 in the U.S. The researchers interviewed the children and their
parents for two years from 2002 and 2004 for their study.
According to the researchers, binge-eating disorder was
the most common, affecting more than 1.5 percent of children studied.
However, few have received proper treatment for the serious
problem. More than half of the affected teens had depression, anxiety or some other mental
disorders. The study suggests that similar eating disorder rates likely exist today. |
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