Why is it that although all members of a support group for eating disorders might appear to have the same problem, we cannot utilize a one-size-fits-all intervention to help each member conquer his or her problem? Suggest 2 or 3 causes for eating disorders.

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The Answer is • Each person at the meeting has his or her unique personality and life experiences. Out of these experiences they have felt different pressures and reacted differently to each one.
Some examples of different causes for eating disorders:
• One person in the group is an athlete, cheerleader or ballet dancer and has been starving herself because of the demands of her coach or peers.
• One person has been told all his life that he is too fat and his family started him on the crash dieting that has become a way of life now.
• One person has an undiagnosed physical problem that makes it hard to hold food down or that makes him or her binge eat.
• One person has an undiagnosed mental illness or has gone through a disturbing life experience such as sexual abuse. She or he eats to excess as a form of self-medicating.

Why Is It That Although All Members of a Support