My last but definitely not my least question is, ‘what are people doing about this?’. As I said before in my second finding paragraph, there are 61 treatment centers in the U.S. These make a huge impact, don't get me wrong, but what is the likelihood that all 8 million Americans will fit or even go to the 61 centers ("South Carolina Department of Mental Health"). We need to do something more for these girls and guys, maybe even through outreach via friends or school. On the show "If You Really Knew Me" on MTV, they go around and tell things about themselves, setting off a chain of emotions and exposing things that no one knows about them to a small group of kids at their school. I think if anorexic people saw others reaching out to them then they would feel that they aren't alone and come one step closer to realizing that everyone has problems.
"Eating Disorder Statistics." South Carolina Department of Mental Health. N.p., 2006. Web. 19 Nov 2010. <http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/anorexia/statistics.htm>.
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