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>>> NEWS TONIGHT ABOUT WOMEN'S HEALTH.WHILE MUCH OF THE SPOTLIGHT IS ON OBESITY, THE FACT IS MILLIONSOF WOMEN ARE STARVING THEMSELVES, SUFFERING FROM DEBILITATING, SOMETIMES, EVEN FATAL DISORDERS.AND INCREASINGLY, EXPERTS SAY IT'S NOT JUST YOUNG WOMEN WHO WITH STRUGGLING WITH THESE EATING DISORDERS.OUR REPORT TONIGHT FROM OUR CHIEF MEDICAL EDITOR, DR. NANCY SNYDERMAN. >>> COME ON IN, KERRY, SIT DOWN.>> Reporter: KERRY DIDN'T EXPECTTO BE HERE, IN TREATMENT FOR A EATING DISORDER AT THE AGE OF 41.YOU DON'T FIT INTO THESE PAIR OFPANTS SO YOU'RE A BIG FAT COW. >> BUT HERE SHE IS.AFTER A DESPERATE INTERVENTION FROM FAMILY MEMBERS LAST CHRISTMAS. >> MY SISTER SAID, KERRY, YOU ARE SPIRALLING OUT OF CONTROL. >> WHAT MADE YOU HEAR THEM?>> I WANTED TO.I WAS READY.I'M 41 YEARS OLD.AND IT'S JUST TIME.I WAS TIRED. >> Reporter: A CASCADE OF TRAUMATIC EVENT IN MID-LIFE IS ATYPICAL TRIGGER FOR EATING DISORDERS IN WOMEN OVER 30. >> I DIDN'T REALIZE I STILL HAD A EATING DISORDER. >> AND FOR KERRY, A RECENTLY DIVORCED MOM AND A STRUGGLING SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, EATING OR NOT EATING WAS THE ONE THING SHECOULD CONTROL. >> I WAS LOSING HAIR.MY GUMS WERE BLEEDING.BROKEN BONES.I HAD LOST MAIER PERIOD FOR THREE YEARS AND I DIDN'T CARE.WHAT MATTERS WAS THE SCALE. >> THE BODY YOU HAVE NOW, DO YOULIKE IT?>> I'M LEARNING TO. >> Reporter: LEARNING WHILE IN TREATMENT.THREE DAYS A WEEK AT THE RENFREWCENTER IN RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY.>> Reporter: THEY HAVE DEVISED APROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR WOMEN 35-PLUS.AFTER SEEING AN INCREASE IN SOME42% IN PATIENTS THAT AGE, SINCE 2001.>> CLINICIANS ACROSS THE BOARD ARE MORE SENSITIVE TO THESE ISSUES.MORE LIKELY TO ASK A WOMAN OLDER, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOUREATING?YOU LOOK LIKE YOU LOST WEIGHT?I'M WORRIED ABOUT YOU. >> Reporter: EXPERTS SAY IT CONSIDER A LIFE-LONG JOURNEY BACK AND FOR KERRY, IT IS ONE DAY AT A TIME.WHAT DO YOU WANT OTHER WOMEN TO KNOW?>> THAT RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE ANDTHAT IT'S SO MUCH BETTER THAN LIVING IN THE DISEASE.
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