Eating disorder a given year. Anorexia affects about 0.4% and bulimia affects about 1.3% of young women in a given year. Up to 4% of women have anorexia, 2% have bulimia, and 2% have binge eating disorder at some point in time. Anorexia and bulimia occur nearly ten times more often in females than males. Typically, they begin in late childhood or early adulthood. Rates of other eating disorders are not clear. Rates of eating disorders appear to be lower in less developed countries. Bulimia nervosa is a disorder characterized by binge eating and purging, as well as excessive evaluation of one's
Hunger (Florence and the Machine song) by Welch that confessed to her eating disorder at age 17. It eventually grew into a song and was used for "High as Hope". She then tied in the song's literal meaning to the nature of desire, to constantly crave more and more. Ryan Reed of "Rolling Stone" wrote that throughout "Hunger" singer Florence Welch meditates on the correlation between beauty, romance and mortality. Hunger (Florence and the Machine song) "Hunger" is a song by English indie rock band Florence and the Machine from their fourth studio album, "High as Hope" (2018). It was written by Florence Welch, Emile Haynie,