| Anorexia is one of the main eating disorders that | | | | and weight loss. Through these sites anorexics can |
| affects a large number of people both in the USA and | | | | meet other people like them that encourage and |
| in Europe. The other main eating disorder is bulimia. | | | | support this attitude. Some of them even mock those |
| Anorexia is very dangerous because those that are | | | | that state that anorexia is an illness that needs to be |
| affected by it intentionally starve themselves due to an | | | | treated. |
| obsessive fear of becoming fat. If the body does not | | | | Let us look at what can happen to hose that choose |
| get the vital substances found in food then it has a lot | | | | to be anorexic for a long period of time: |
| to suffer, and eventually death through starvation can | | | | -they will be very depressed and have a poor |
| occur. | | | | memory because their brain chemistry will change if |
| Anorexia is caused mainly by the modern view of | | | | the brain does not receive its vital substances from |
| beauty. In our times it is believed that thin is beautiful, | | | | food |
| and fat is ugly, which causes a lot of young girls to | | | | -their thoughts will be clouded by their physical |
| wish to become thin. This wish can turn into an | | | | weakness and hunger |
| obsession that makes the girls or young women to | | | | -their hair will become thin and in some cases they |
| have a distorted image of their own bodies and | | | | may start to lose it |
| consider themselves fat even when they are too thin. | | | | -their blood pressure will lower which endangers the |
| This is dangerous because it makes these girls | | | | heart and can cause heart failure |
| intentionally starve themselves in order not to gain | | | | -their bones will weaken from the lack of calcium that |
| weight. | | | | can be found in certain foods |
| Unfortunately, some people have a pro-anorexia | | | | -they are at risk to develop kidney stones |
| attitude and encourage those with anorexia is their | | | | -the women will lose their period which will ruin the |
| obsession. There are quite a few groups and forums | | | | fragile balance of the hormones |
| where the anorexics discuss their problems and | | | | -the skin will get dry an yellow |
| encourage each other. This pro-anorexia attitude | | | | -the final result of anorexia is death through starvation |
| contradicts the medical beliefs that anorexia is a | | | | So how can a pro-anorexia attitude be encouraged? |
| disease. There also are a lot of pro-anorexia websites | | | | it's like encouraging a slow and painful suicide. Those |
| where anorexia is encouraged. | | | | with anorexia need immediate treatment to restore the |
| These websites and support groups state that | | | | natural balance of their bodies. |
| anorexia is a modern lifestyle, that encourages diets | | | | |