How do you help someone overcome their eating disorder?

 

    Eating disorders afflict millions of people, thousands of which will die from them yearly. A 1990 study by the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, found that 11% of high school students suffer from an eating disorder.

     You have noticed that your friend has had significant fluctuations in their weight in a short period of time. You fear they may become part of the statistics listed above and begin to wonder if your friend has an eating disorder. What do you do?