When What You Don’t Put in Your Mouth Could Kill You

Posted on Dec 21st, 2009 | comments No Comments

News stories abound about rail-thin young women starving themselves in the quest for superstardom in the world of high-fashion modeling, Hollywood movie and television celebrities suddenly becoming painfully thin – emaciated, really – or just everyday girls and women hating their bodies so much they refuse to take in enough nourishment to keep them alive. An equal-opportunity disorder, men are also affected. An estimated 7 million women and 1 million men suffer from eating disorders. Yes, it is true: what you don’t put into your mouth can very well kill you.

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