Eating disorders, which lead to many physical problems like obesity and overweight, have impacted the minds of varied people from different dimensions. In a recently released documentary on HBO Documentary Shows, “This” debuted on Tuesday lauched by Lauren Greenfield. The documentary shows that there is little hope of treatment for people who suffer from eating disorders, and there is almost no way with which they can gain their thinness.

However, it is significant to mention here that the documentary does not give a comprehensive picture of the disease, and therefore, falls short of its message–anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa have different degrees of severity among people of different age. They can’t be broadly classified as having the same degree of problem–treatment of these diseases is possible in some cases, and we can’t deny that existence.
It will be good to mention here that eating disorders were found to be affecting both aged people and children–the children were admitted to hospital and many of them were responding to the treatment well.  So we can’t claim in an outright way that eating disorder has no treatment. The problem with eating disorder is that though the people are willing to regain their body shape, but they are not aware about the things that they need to do. Children are not advised to keep a healthy life-style, which would suit them for their future; and this often lead to critical situations.

Aged people are also concerned about their body shape, and they are very eager to regain it–however, they need to consult their health specialist before they venture on to start any medication program. It is true that medication can work on some degree of eating disorders; however, it can’t solve all the cases. Change in life-style and awareness are the keys to avoid eating disorders, and then will be able to avoid this debate also!