EATING DISORDERS

About 11 million Americans suffer from eating disorders, according to the National Eating Disorders Association. Most of these patients are female. The two most common forms of eating disorders are anorexia, which has the highest mortality rate of any mental illness, and bulimia. About 25 million more people have some form of binge eating disorder, according to the association. Binge eating disorder has been linked to a high incidence of being overweight or obese.