Anorexia

Anorexia
It would seem today that eating disorders are on the rise.

While this may be true, the numbers may appear to grow only because more cases
are being brought out into the open. One interpretation of an eating disorder is
termed as a relationship between the person and food that appears abnormal.

Anorexia Nervosa is one of the most prevalent eating disorder diseases. The word

Anorexia itself means, "lack of appetite," and as for the definition
of Anorexia, Anorexia is an all encompassing pursuit of thinness, occurring most
often in adolescents and young adult women. This is accomplished by avoidance of
eating by any means possible. The person affected by Anorexia has an absolutely
terrifying fear of becoming obese. In short, food becomes the enemy, this is
described as weight phobia. The person feels too fat when in reality the person
is terribly underweight. Anorexia affects all kinds of people, especially
teenagers, and is the third most common chronic illness that can be found in
adolescent women. An estimated amount of between ½% and 3% of teenagers will be
diagnosed with Anorexia. This may not sound like very many people, but numbers
have increased, between the 1950's and mid 1970's, the incidences of Anorexia
increased by almost 300%. Of all the patients that visit doctors for Anorexia,
about 90% are women. Anorexia, though, does not plague only women. This disorder
is not exclusive to one gender. Since this problem does not only include women,
men are also r...

Anorexia

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