In the US, between one and three percent of Americans, suffer from a serious eating disorder. These disorders include anorexia as well as the common illness, bulimia. Many people do not know the differences in these two fatal illnesses. Of the one and three percent of the people who suffer from these eating disorders have an immense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat. Also, anorexics and bulimics tend to keep their illness to themselves because they do not want other people to judge them. Therefore, many cases of these disorders may go undiagnosed. There is a wide variety of different causes of how these disorders may develop. These causes can start up by being passed down hereditarily, biologically, psychologically, and commonly by peer judgment. Of the four percent of the people who undergo an eating disorder, one percent of them are affected by anorexia. This disorder begins between the ages of fourteen and eighteen. Anorexia is mainly found in females but is still seen in men as well. When it comes to males, anorexia is highly seen in heterosexuals and homosexuals. Anorexia is classified as the "rich white girl  disorder. Therefore this illness applies to mainly white people. Anorectics are constantly in the mind frame that they have to be overly emaciated. "Anorexia Nervosa" goes on to say, "Many consider being thin an essential part of beauty and young girls often think that they must be slender to be attractive. Being thin is also equated with social success. So, even though these people have lost some weight, they still need to lose more. Some indicators of this disorder may include fainting, seizures, low blood sugar, as well as a weekend immune system. These people starve themselves basically to death by cutting out fats, sugars, and carbohydrates completely from their meals. This eventually weakens their overall health because they are not receiving the required amount of nutrients." Bulimia is considered as being