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I would agree -- call a professional and ask them what to do.
Speaking from experience here, I would avoid an intervention unless that is what the therapist tells you to do. For many people with eating disorders, an intervention will just reinforce the fact that anorexia is a way to get attention and it will actually encourage them to continue their eating disordered behavior. This sounds like it may be at least partially the case with your friend, since her parents don't seem to be too worried about her eating disorders -- I wouldn't be surprised if wanting attention is a reason why her "underlying issues" eventually transformed into an eating disorder.
The problem with anorexics is that after their 18th birthday, it's almost impossible to force them to get treatment (unless it can be proved that they're mentally ill), so most of them don't end up getting treated and either just get worse and worse or end up living with some form of an eating disorder for the rest of their lives.
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