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Teen Eating Disorders Los Angeles – Is This Even A Mental Health Issue?

Many people fail to acknowledge this as a mental health issue and this often leads to family problems and clashes.Log on http://www.polaristeen.com/<br>

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Teen Eating Disorders Los Angeles – Is This Even A Mental Health Issue?

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  1. Teen Eating Disorders Los Angeles – Is This Even A Mental Health Issue? http://www.polaristeen.com/

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  3. Ever heard of Anorexia? Yes! Believe it or not, it is a thing and a very serious one too. Many people fail to acknowledge this as a mental health issue and this often leads to family problems and clashes. • Anorexia is an eating disorder that is characterized by a distorted body image and low body weight. It actually explains the obsessive fear in a person, of gaining weight. Anorexics starve and often purge in an attempt to control weight. http://www.polaristeen.com/

  4. Do you know? • Around 85% of patients develop Anorexia between the age of 13 and 18 hence; it is often referred to as teen eating disorders Los Angeles. • Around 50% of people suffering from eating disorders are found to be in depression. • Women are more probable to have an eating disorder compared to men. • Only 1 in 10 people suffering from an eating disorder receive treatment. Here, if the patient is a male, it often comes to neglect because they consider it as a woman’s disease. • 15% women develop unhealthy behaviors towards food and often the reason is magazine pictures, etc. http://www.polaristeen.com/

  5. Anorexia can result in: • Death • Kidney Problems • Heart Failure • Depression • OCD • Drug Abuse • 20% Anorexics die from complications. • The Anorexia mortality rate in the US is 36%. • Polaris is an adolescent treatment center Los Angeles that helps educate about and fight teen eating disorders Los Angeles. http://www.polaristeen.com/

  6. THANK YOU BY http://www.polaristeen.com/ Polaris Teen Center, Llc 4670 Encino Ave Encino,CA 91316 USA PH:818-616-8650

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