Eating disorders have become one of the most problematic problems in the world today. It is very common to hear that women are considered the type of group with the highest rate of eating disorders. While this statement is true, many men also suffered from eating disorders. The development of eating disorders usually begins in adolescence and continues into adulthood. However, this is not limited to the fact that it can occur earlier and continue until the last period. There are three most common types of eating disorders: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and the last one is binge eating disorder. . People who suffer from anorexia nervosa usually think they are overweight when in reality they are underweight. They severely limit the amount of food they eat and become obsessed with losing weight. Bulimia nervosa is also something that is related to the obsession with losing weight, but for people who suffer from bulimia nervosa, they will have a cycle of binge eating and try to compensate for their amount of food, for example by forcing themselves to vomit. The last one is binge eating which will result in a different way than the other two. People who suffer from binge eating will also have a cycle of binge eating without trying to compensate for their food intake. Therefore, instead of losing weight, people suffering from binge eating would gain weight unusually and become overweight. According to CNN.com, 10 million American women and 1 million American men suffer from anorexia or bulimia, 13 million American women and men suffer from anorexia or bulimia. suffer from binge eating disorder, and the percentage increase in eating disorder-related hospitalizations between 1999 and 2006 was 119% among ch...... middle of journal ......g the appearance of television shows, educating people on how to respect the right to food, change in media system that encourages a healthier figure rather than a slim figure, food labeling and many more. Works Cited Mayo Clinic Staff. “Diseases and Conditions: Eating Disorders.” Mayo Clinic, February 8, 2012. Web. February 25, 2014. “Going to extremes: eating disorders.” » CNN Health. CNN and Web. February 25, 2014. Stice, Eric, Erika Schupak-Neuberg, Heather E. Shaw, and Richard J. Stein. “Relationship between media exposure and eating disorder symptomatology: an examination of the mediation mechanism.” Journal of Abnormal Psychology 103.4 (1994): 836-840. Internet. March 10, 2014. York, Christopher. “Eating disorders: how social media contributes to the spread of anorexia and bulimia among young people.” The Huffington Post UK. TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc., October 13. 2012. Internet. March 10 2014.