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| | One of the serious eating disorders is anorexia. Most people have heard about
it, but few realize that it affects quite a large fraction of American
population these days. Statistics shows that three to five percent of
the population is anorexic. What this means is that these people starve
themselves repeatedly to lose weight. Why? They do so because they are
convinced that they are overweight and do not look good enough. Most
people suffering from this eating disorder are young people in
puberty, and anorexia affects twice as many young women as men.
Usually teenagers are affected by the images of good looking slim
peers and glamorous skinny models from magazines and TV
advertisements. This results in dissatisfaction about one's own look,
leading to depression, and then anorexia. These teenagers would try
anything to lose weight - from extreme dieting to laxatives.
Teenagers suffering from this disorder have very weak immune system
and are an easy target for many diseases. Their inner organs like
heart and lungs have very slim tissues - the result of staving and
lack of sufficient calories, minerals and vitamins. Low immune system,
chronic weakness and depression, usually make the situation even
worse for anorexic person - both physically and emotionally.
They live in a constant fear of becoming fat people, and
cut down their daily meals to the amounts dangerous for their health
and even life.
Such people have under fifteen percent less body weight than normal
for their age, gender, and height.
This disorder is more spread among celebrities - these are the people
who are constantly looked up upon, and any physical imperfections in
their look would be noticed by the public. People of "public"
professions - dancers, singers, actors - are more likely to become anorexic
than people of professions where personal looks matter less. On a positive note, Milf hunter could be more interested in the skinny models. |
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