risk factors ...

The following factors can play a role in the development and/or continuance of eating disordered behaviors: 

do not ignore your body's warning signs ...

Andrea ignored many warning signs that her body was in trouble: feeling dizzy and faint, heart racing, chills, etc. She and we thought bulimia COULD NOT kill her. Healing is absolutely possible, but one must heed their bodies' warnings, and get into skilled treatment sooner rather than later.