Anorexia : harm from lose weight

 Anorexia : harm from lose weight

Today, many people are interest in having slim body. As you can see from media such as TV program and movies, actresses and actors are appeared on TV with their slim body. Audiences try to have slim body like them. When the audiences need to be thinner they think about it too much and find many ways to be thinner which lead them being one of the diseases known as “Anorexia”

Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that makes people lose more weight than is considered healthy for their age and height. Persons with this disorder may have an intense fear of weight gain, even when they are underweight. They may diet or exercise too much or use other ways to lose weight.[1]

The factors are not obviously. I will show you some factors such as

Emotional Health and Society. About emotional, People with eating disorders have low self-esteem and too much stick to strict diets despite being hungry. They always think they are not thin enough. About Society, The modern cultural environment often cultivates and reinforces a desire for thinness. Success and worth are often equated with being thin in popular culture. Peer pressure and what people see in the media may fuel this desire to be thin, particularly among young women.

Some Physical Symptoms of Anorexia Nervosa include:

-Extreme weight loss

-Refusal to maintain body weight of at least 85% of normal expected weight

-Thin appearance

-Abnormal blood counts

-Treating Anorexia Nervosa

Ana Carolina Reston , 21 years old model, have died from Anorexia.
At the time of her death, Reston weighed just 40 kg (88 lbs) at a height of 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in), and had been hospitalized since October 25, 2006, for kidney malfunction due to anorexia nervosa andbulimia nervosa, which included a diet consisting only of apples and tomatoes. She had a body mass index (BMI) of only 13.4, well below the index value of 16 which the World Health Organization considers to be severe thinness. Her condition became more serious and deteriorated into generalized infection that led to her death at the age of 21.[2]

 However, Anorexia can heal by four components:

1. Restoring the person to a healthy weight

2. Treating the psychological issues related to the eating disorder

3. Reducing or eliminating behaviors or thoughts that lead to disordered eating

4. Preventing relapse. [3]

In my opinion, having slim body may come with balanced body include suite high and weight. The social value should pay attention to have healthy body more than thin body. Because it may kill somebody because of Anorexia.

Sources 

[1]http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000362.htm

[2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_Carolina_Reston

[3]http://www.rosewoodranch.com/eating-disorder-information/signs-anorexia-nervosa-anorexia-symptoms-causes


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