Relation of stress with eating disorders

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 How does stress coincide with eating disorders in young adults?

    • What induces stress within young adults
    • what percentage of young adults are affected by stress?
    • What percentage of young adults are affected by eating disorders
    • what is the most common type of eating disorder associated with young adults 
    • what are the long-term effects of being consumed by an eating disorder 
    • how do young adults cope with stress
    • how do young adults cope with eating disorders
    • how is stress and eating disorders represented in young adult novels
I want to look into stress and eating disorders in relation to one another, the ways that it is represented in young adult novels, the ways that young adults can cope with/overcome eating disorders. I, personally, go through a lot of stress being in college and many of my friends do as well. I have also seen many people in my life go through both heavy stress and eating disorders which is what drew me to this topic. When stressed. people cope in many ways including skipping meals in order to maybe get the things done that have made them stressed and being so stressed that they may get nauseous and eating could cause them to get sick. Overtime this constantly happening could lead to an eating disorder.

Books:
            Butter
            Wintergirls
            Paperweight
            
I plan to collect data about stress and eating disorders through an anonymous google form as well as research articles and autobiographical articles on stress and eating disorders dealing with teens.

Stress, in young adults, closely relates to the development of eating disorders.

Finding sources and books that deal with both stress and eating disorders together because they are both major topics, so this might be an issue finding sources that zero in on them together.

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