It is a sadly common yet quite unknown group of diseases...anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder being the most common. These health conditions, which affect both males and females, are often accompanied by depression, anxiety, total lack of self esteem, dismorphophobia (phobia of one's appearance to the point one can't even look at themselves in the mirror without having a fit) and a lot of other phobias, fears and compulsive disorders, including causing self injuries.
The age of people diagnosed with this disease is getting lower and lower. Girls as young as 9 starve themselves or binge and then vomit. No matter what the causes may be, I feel it is extremely important to spread awareness about these horrible diseases, which not only cause an umbearable psychological sufferance, but it "eats" the body away, slowly killing the person.
With this petition I am asking you to pledge to read even one of these links, to get more informed about eating disorders in your country, offer support if you know of anyone suffering from an eating disorder and to tell to at least one person about the terrible reality of eating disorders, a hidden cancer of the soul.
LINKS WITH INFORMATION ABOUT EATING DISORDERS:
http://www.mirror-mirror.org/eatdis.htm
http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/
http://www.b-eat.co.uk/Home
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/eating-disorders/complete-index.shtml
http://www.something-fishy.org/
http://www.dietitian.com/bulimia.html
http://www.moondragon.org/obgyn/disorders/bulimia.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_disorder
http://kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/feelings/eating_disorders.html
