Abuse Quote by Sanna Lenken

Eating disorders can be extremely isolating, they can tear you away from your family and your friends and make you feel really ashamed of…

— Zara McDermott

• Eating disorders are addictions. You become addicted to a number of their effects. The two most basic and important: the pure adrenaline that…

— Marya Hornbacher

Eating disorders are like a gun that's formed by genetics, loaded by a culture and family ideals, and triggered by unbearable distress.

— Aimee Liu

In high school, I had a couple girlfriends who had very extreme eating disorders. Anorexia and bulimia. And in college as well. It's just…

— Katie Lowes

Our society's strong emphasis on dieting and self-image can sometimes lead to eating disorders. We know that more than 5 million Americans suffer from…

— Tipper Gore

There are lots of eating disorders out there. It's not just anorexia.

— Zara McDermott

You can have a disordered relationship with food, but to have an eating disorder is indicative of a mental illness, which I think needs…

— Troian Bellisario

“Culture alone cannot explain the phenomena of such high rates of eating disorders. Eating disorders are complex, but what they all seem to have…

— Karen A. Duncan

Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses, not lifestyle choices.

— Demi Lovato

Eating disorders can have serious medical and psychological consequences which, left unchecked, can kill. Parents should address this issue and ask their children to…

— Tipper Gore

“Eating disorders are insidious and subtly manipulative. The behaviors that initially feel like relief are the same ones that will eventually ruin you.”

— Brittany Burgunder

Food-addiction, or food-drunkenness, is an old story in Hygienic literature. This is the first mention I have seen of it in "regular" medical literature.…

— Herbert M. Shelton