Leslie Vreeland

In the subsequent viewpoint, Leslie Vreeland argues that the majority of eating disorder sufferers are adult women over the age of thirty—some of whom developed the problem during adolescence and others who acquired it in adulthood. According to the author, age-related weight gain, which leads some women to diet and exercise compulsively, often triggers the disorder. Vreeland is a journalist and adjunct faculty member of New York University’s department of journalism.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. How common are eating disorders, as claimed by the author"

2. According to Vreeland, why is adult anorexia so often misdiagnosed or not noticed"

3. As stated by the author, how do relatives of an eating- disordered woman unintentionally perpetuate the disease"

Sheri Glazier, a 31-year-old nursery-school teacher and mother of three...