Why don't people understand that you don't have to be skinny to have an eating disorder?

For so long we've been shown pictures in the media of thin people, and we've associated these pictures with the normal body type. Normal body types, and more importantly health body types, come in all different shapes and sizes, and anything that doesn't fit their perceptions of unhealthy is wrong. However, they're not medical professionals, and more importantly they're not you, and getting the help you need, and the help you deserve can only be though those who care about you and your well being.

One of the most common eating disorders is anorexia, which is the eating disorder where person tends to become very very skinny to the point that it is unhealthy. While there certainly are other eating disorders, most people aren't as educated about them as they are about anorexia. So many people identify an eating disorder with being skinny because that is all that they are educated about. They do not realize that there is an eating disorder that is just the opposite where ther person has a tendency to eat large quantities of food. These people tend to be overweight. In my opinion people don't understand because they are not educated on all eating disorders.