Not Enough Information
A lot of people has since learned that force feeding is not the proper way to help someone suffering from an eating disorder. At the time, no one considered either anorexia or bulimia to be mental disorders. The conditions were greatly misunderstood and no one knew that a different form of therapy was necessary to cure it.
The Funeral
There were more than a thousand people who were physically present during Karen’s funeral. We’re sure that people were able to notice how thin she had become, but she did not disclose the fact that she was ill. Her death definitely exposed the hazards of eating disorders and made people take these conditions more seriously.