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Biologist Teresa and Gerald Audesirk wrote the textbook excerpt of "Health Watch: Eating Disorders Betrayal of the Body. The two disorders they mention are Anorexia and Bulimia nervosa. They describe two main factors which occur in most young women life. These eating disorders have most risk on young women from the age of thirteen to twenty. In recent decades researcher found out that there's an increase in the rate of eating disorders with a very bad eating behavior. Audesirk describe that food is an important requirement of all animal: no one can survive without food. The causes of eating disorders are not well understood but just maybe on societal pressures to be thin. In the article Audesirk describe the symptom, causes, and treatment of both disorders.

The eating disorder has two part of illness, which is Anorexia and bulimia nervosa. People who have anorexia nervosa have a fear of gaining weight. To achieve that goal, the person eats a very little amount of food at a long period of time. Also included self induce vomiting, laxative intake, and extreme exercise. Worst than bulimia, anorexia loose both body muscle and mass. In the result of that it can destroy cardiac, digestive, endocrine, and reproductive function. Almost up to eighteen percent of people with anorexia die as a result of their disorder. On the other hand the big symptom of bulimia is bout of binge eating, in which they stuff their self with a large amount of food in a short period of time then vomit it all up. Bulimia has some of the same symptom as anorexia, such as vomiting and laxative