Eating disorders are not something that young girls and young women suffer from. Eating disorders can affect anyone that has a negative body image or that feels the need to control their eating habits. Eating disorders include anorexia, which is the process of avoiding food at all costs and/or eating only enough to survive, such as lettuce and drinking water. The other common type of eating disorder is bulimia. Bulimia is the eating disorder where sufferers eat anything they want and then force themselves to throw up everything they've eaten. Both disorders are very deadly diseases that require immediate medical attention.