Some people with eating disorders say they feel smothered in their families. Others feel abandoned, misunderstood, and alone . There is often heavy pressure on the kids to succeed. In families like these, it is hard to talk about one's feelings of self-doubt . If teens don't feel like they have any control over their own lives they may use food and body weight as the only way to get control.
Western society is obsessed with thinness.
Never before in history have females been encouraged to be as thin as they are today in the U.S. and other industrial countries. It's just not healthy, in fact, it's killing many of us. Dangerous clogging and narrowing of the arteries in and around the heart. Increased risk of certain cancers. A disease in which the body has trouble maintaining blood sugar levels.