Starvation is not the way to lose weight

When we think of the word binge and we associate it with teens, we think of binge drinking. While that is a major problem for teens and other young adults, it is not the kind of bingeing I am talking about. What I am talking about is binge eating.
When teens and others want to lose weight, they think one of the best ways to do is to not eat or skip meals. While it may seem that would be a good way to lose weight, it is not.
First, it is not healthy. Your body needs a certain amount of food to function properly and to eat is depriving it. It is actually healthier to eat several small meals per day instead of three or less big ones. It keeps your digestive system functioning properly and allows it to spread out breaking down food, instead of all at once.
But secondly, if teens binge eat, they will actually gain weight instead of lose it. When you deprive your body of food, it almost becomes foreign to it and has a tougher time breaking it down and it turns it more quickly into fat, which makes you gain weight. So in reality, it makes you do the exact opposite of what you want.
If teens or anyone wants to lose weight, they should eat plenty of fruit and vegetables, get plenty of exercise and eat five healthy, little meals a day. The worse thing that anyone can do is binge eat.