Unfortunately, not all factors that cause eating disorders can be treated. Sometimes genetics play a part in the reasons why they occur. For instance, certain people have certain personalities that leave them more subject to acquiring an eating disorder than others who do not exhibit these personality traits. Girls and boys alike who are obsessive-compulsive, sensitive avoidant, or perfectionists are far more likely to develop a problem relating to their eating habits as opposed to those their age who do not have these characteristics (“What”…1). Usually, these personalities are due to an imbalance of chemicals in the brain. This is also the case for eating disorders. “Some researchers believe that anorexia and bulimia are caused by chemical imbalances in the brain; one study linked bulimia to deprivation of tryptophan, an amino acid used by the body to make the neurotransmitter serotonin” (Eating…1). Also, aside from ones personality, whether or not their mother or sister had an eating disorder can affect the chances they have of developing an eating disorder themselves. In fact, if a girl’s mother or sister did have an eating disorder in the past they are twelve times more likely to develop one herself (“What”…1). Teens with a family history of depression, addiction, or anxiety are predisposed to eating disorders as well, and they are at a high risk of acquiring such a life threatening disease (Yancey 26). What research has also shown is that males are at much less of a risk of having an eating disorder than females. Statistics show that an estimated five to fifteen percent of people with anorexia or bulimia are male (“Eating Disorders: Facts”…1). The reason as to why males are more affected than females is yet to be established, as is the case with all the biological factors, but statistics are proving all the theories on these factors true to great extent.

he truth is that eating disorders are complex diseases, and they stem from much more than just a desire to be thin.

Even though parents can sometimes drive their children to abnormal eating habits unknowingly, a majority of the time it is society placing such an emphasis on being thin that has the biggest influence. What is wrong about this is that society does it full knowingly. A great deal of what we see on TV, in magazines, and in movies relates to appearance. All the people you see in the media are beautiful, successful, and most impressionable of all, thin. According to recent statistics stated in Health Magazine, thirty-two percent of female TV network characters are underweight, while only five percent of females in the U.S. audience are underweight (“What”…3). This is t

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