Confronting Eating Disorders Is Never Easy

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GLENDORA - Every time Wednesday Vail would feel down, she would turn to her "best friend" - which was her nickname for the puking, exercising and starving that characterize her eating disorder.

"When you feel bad, your eating disorder was like your best friend. It would tell you, 'You'll feel better if you don't eat,"' said the 23-year-old of Yakima, Wash.

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Confronting Eating Disorders Is Never Easy

It's been an obsession and an almost 10-year habit for Vail that couldn't be stopped despite her sister Jackie's death at age 19 to bulimia and anorexia.

In the United States, the National Eating Disorders Association cites that an estimated 10 million females and one million males battle to fit...

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