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Starving For Control Eating disorders are very complex syndromes that occur in many different individuals. Eating disorders not only affect the person’s physical well being, but also their emotional well-being. Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating are all present in today’s society. These disorders can be life threatening without any outward warning symptoms. Many individuals diagnosed with anorexia do not see themselves as starved, since they do eat, but they don’t realize that salads cannot give their body the adequate calories that it needs to survive. Anorexia nervosa is an emotional disorder in which the appetite and hunger stops and the obsession of weight loss occur. The absentness of adequate calories results in the body slowing down its metabolism, compromises vital functions, and destroys muscles to provide fuel that is missing due to lack of eating. Anorexia nervosa usually starts because the individual constantly believes he or she is obese. This feeling may come from being teased for being “on the chubby side,” or having parents say “what a shame to have a chubby daughter.” Individuals faced with this type of discrimination usually turn to exercising more and eating less, but