SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KCBS) -- The death of a Brazilian model from anorexia last month rekindled concern over what doctors have called a quiet epidemic, the growing number of new cases of eating disorders among American teenagers.
Anorexia and bulimia affect both boys and girls, yet research and treatment still lag because of the stigma around eating disorders.
For many, the holidays can be a time of gastronomic excess, but those lavish holiday dinners and celebrations also aggravate triggers for a mental disorder that many young people confuse with dieting.
KCBS reporter Holly Quan examined how eating disorders develop and why so many kids change their relationship with food to cope with lives that often appear, from the outside, to be carefree.
KCBS Audio On Demand
 Michele Mullin and her mother Robin describe how the family experienced Michele's anorexia (Part 1)
(12/13/06; 43:04)
Michele Mullin and her mother Robin describe how the family experienced Michele's anorexia (Part 2)
(12/13/06; 40:00)
Dr. James Lock, director of the Stanford Eating Disorders Program at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
(12/13/06; 30:28)
Madeline Levine, psychologist and author of The Price of Privilege
(12/13/06; 26:24)
Holly Quan describes the reporting behind the series
(12/15/06; 2:45)
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