How does society influence our body image and the way we eat?
Eating Disorders:
Anorexia: a disorder characterized by people who intentionally starve themselves.
Bulimia: People with bulimia consume large amounts of food (called binging) and then rid their bodies of the excess calories by vomiting, abusing laxatives or diuretics, taking enemas, or exercising obsessively.
Binge eating disorder (or compulsive overeating): resembles bulimia, characterized by episodes of uncontrolled eating or binging. However, sufferers do not purge their bodies of excess foods.
Video: The need to be thin.