Anorexia Childline
Anorexia Childline is a hotline where teen boys and girls can talk about their anorexia or other eating disorder and get qualified counselor’s support. Carol Easton is the Childline’s Chief Executive says ‘The Report” written by the award winning journalist Brigid McConville, includes some of the testimonies of some of the young victims of anorexia. The testimonials and other information gathered by the organization show that there is rarely only one cause for the eating disorders. Their purpose is to help the people (especially young people) through their suffering and help them cope so they can get their health and their life back. Anorexia controls the victim so it is hard, if not impossible for them to cure themselves. Childline has had many calls over the past years since they have existed and they hope they are helping many of their callers with understanding, and guidance.
There are anorexia and other eating disorder treatment centers across the United States and in Britain. The doctors are much more qualified today and know more about how to treat the illnesses so the survival rate may be much better today than it was thirty years ago. Until Karen Carpenter died from damage to her body caused by anorexia in 1983, there was not much studies done on the subject. Karen’s death stunned many people because she had been getting treatment for quite a while and she died from a sudden heart attack. Many people had thought that she had just about beat the beast. Anorexia can do a lot of damage to the body and the longer it progresses without treatment, the more damage will be done to the vital organs of the body. Anorexia can cause damage to all vital parts of the body so it is important to seek help before the major damage is done. Some of the damage may not be reversed or repaired. There have been over 8 million people diagnosed with an eating disorder and at least one million of them are male. The majority of people who suffer from eating disorders are between the ages of 10 and 20. The average age is 17. There have been a few diagnosed under the age of 10 but it is rare. The majority of those who die from the disorders are over the age of 70 and most of them are male. The causes of anorexia are thought to be a combination of social pressure, peer pressure, abuse, low self esteem and the need to ‘belong’, and possibly genetics. The victims feel that they have to be thin because that is what they see when they look in magazines, on television, in sports, etc. They may feel that the only way they can succeed in life is to be thin.
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