Shannon PottsDE EnglishSolution PaperJanuary 21, 2014Eating Disorders in Adolescents Eating disorders cause extreme damage to health, self-esteem and a person's physical appearance. Eating disorders are thoughts, emotions and behaviors related to weight, food, body image and body shape. An eating disorder starts with eating less and skipping meals during the day. This will eventually lead to not eating meals for several days in a row or binge eating and then eliminating the food from the body by purging. Eating disorders are developed or influenced by multiple reasons. They are now developed at a younger age than before. Eating disorders affect the majority of adolescents around the world. Teenagers use eating disorders to change the size and shape of their bodies. They do this to become what they think is a normal body shape and size. Eating disorders have become an epidemic that has spread almost everywhere in the world. Eating disorders among adolescents are becoming a dangerous problem worldwide and are becoming more common every day. Adolescents develop eating disorders at a very high rate. Many factors contribute to the development of eating disorders in adolescents. The number one reason why so many teenagers develop eating disorders is because they are influenced by society. Eating disorders among adolescents are increasingly common due to the immense value society places on thinness. Adolescents all over the world are under the influence of the fact that to be pretty, beautiful, happy and successful, you have to be thin or a certain height. They think they must be a reflection of what society considers to make a person perfect. Society isn't the only reason why teenage disorder can seem unstoppable, there are solutions to help take control of the problem. Society and the media must make adolescents understand that body image is not everything, that they do not have to look like everyone else and that it is normal to be a normal weight or even a plus size. big. Even though society, media, and the fashion industry influence and even cause eating disorders, teens need to understand that it's what's on the inside that matters and that their body size won't change the type of person they are. Teenagers should also be happy with the way their body looks, regardless of its size, and not alter it because they don't look like someone else. Another thing teenagers need to do is not be under pressure to become thin. They need to stop worrying about how society perceives them and embrace their body size and shape..