While diets are about food and weight, eating disorders become much, much more than that. Food and weight become all-powerful, and people with eating disorders use both in an attempt to better their lives (by gaining a sense of control, numbing painful emotions, earning approval or acceptance, etc.).
Long Island New York is comprised of two counties â Nassau County and Suffolk County, two cities â Long Beach and Glen Cove, numerous local towns, villages, hamlets, postal zones and designated places.
At Suffolk County's widest point the distance from the Long Island sound to the southern shore is only 26 miles. There are 1,518,475 people living in the County of Suffolk. Suffolk County is bigger (U.S. Census 2009) than eleven states!