In 2010, eating disorders accounted for 7,000 deaths each year. Not only that, but 3%-5% of children under the age of 18 suffer from anxiety disorders. 15% of all patients with bipolar disorder have also committed suicide. Eating disorders, anxiety disorders, and bipolar disorders are all prevalent today across all ages. Even middle school students. Eating Disorders Eating disorders are abnormal eating habits that usually involve consuming too little or too much food to the point that is harmful to physical and mental health. The most common are anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa is the extreme restriction of food to the point of extreme weight loss and self-starvation. This eating disorder has two subtypes. The type of binge/purge and the type of restriction. The restrictive type is when someone does everything to avoid gaining weight, such as starvation or excessive exercise. The binge/purge type eats too much and then proceeds to purge the food using a purging method (purging the food by vomiting up what was eaten). Bulimia nervosa involves purging or binge eating (eating more food than you normally consume). Those with bulimia nervosa are usually at a normal weight for a person, and this is where the difference lies between bulimia nervosa and the binge/purge type of anorexia nervosa. Those who suffer from the binge/purge type of anorexia nervosa have a lower than normal body weight. In the UK, around 5-10 million women are affected by eating disorders and around 1 million men are affected. Eating disorders are usually thought to affect females more, but it is estimated that 10-15% of males have eating disorders. BDD, a disorder that alters the way someone sees themselves, is… middle of paper… ..we means “discomfort,” which is how anxiety used to be thought of. Symptoms of an ongoing anxiety disorder include a rapid heartbeat, shaking hands, dry mouth, stomach pain, heavy sweating, tightness in the chest, and tightness in the chest. neck/shoulders. Anxiety disorders affect 3-5% of children under the age of 18. Outside of middle school, under the age of 18, 40 million Americans (over 18) and 17% of the adult population suffer from some type of anxiety disorder. Among all anxiety disorders, GAD (generalized anxiety disorder) up to 3% of patients with any anxiety disorder. Conclusions Sources Wyborny, Sheila. Anxiety disorders. Detroit, MI: Lucent, 2009. Print.Abramovitz, Melissa. Bipolar disorder. Detroit: Lucent, 2005. Print."Eating Disorders." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 22 May 2014. Web. 22 May 2014.