The public still has a lot to learn about how to recognize and help people struggling with disordered eating. - NBCNewsBETTER
Ryan Sheldon, a 32-year old plus-size model living in Los Angeles, spent years seeking a diagnosis and treatment for his binge eating disorder. “I always hated my body, even as a kid,” he says. “I tried my first diet at age 12.”
When he sought treatment, Sheldon was prescribed diet pills, which did nothing to help. “The issue wasn’t appetite,” he says. “I then asked for a sleeping pill prescription so that I could sleep all day and not eat.” Binge eating disorder, on the other hand, is the most prevalent, affecting some 15 million people over their lifetime, split evenly among men and women. “Two thirds of the population is higher weight,” says Turner. “By far, middle- to high-weight men and women are the most likely to have an eating disorder.”
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