“I am forever engaged in a silent battle in my head over whether or not to lift the fork to my mouth, and when I talk myself into taking the bite, I taste only shame,” writes Jena Morrow in her memoir, (Moody Publishers, 2010). In her book Morrow recounts the pain and suffering she endured as she struggled to overcome the eating disorder anorexia nervosa.
Morrow's silent battle echoes those of the 0.6 percent of the U.S. population who will develop anorexia at some point in their life. Another 1 percent will experience bulimia nervosa, according to a 2007 survey by psychiatrist James I. Hudson of Harvard Medical School and his associates. Although these figures are lower than for most other psychological conditions, eating disorders can be emotionally and physically devastating.
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