Eating disorders are terrible mental illnesses that affect more and more teens on a daily basis. We have to educate our young people on both how to prevent and how to deal with them. Most students education of eating disorders come from shows and other media. Understanding how to support yourself and your classmates when faced with an eating disorder is just as important and understanding STIs and I’d argue more important than knowing that the mitochondria is the powerhouse of a cell. I personally was affected by an eating disorder and yet most of my friends had little to no understanding of what I was dealing with or how to help me. We have to make sure that our next generation is better equipped to handle the reality of eating disorders.