| The common belief among people is that | | | | from anorexia is that they are constantly |
| anorexic people actually lose the capability | | | | fearing weight gain and will not maintain a |
| to feel hunger. They couldn't be more wrong. | | | | normal healthy body weight. Side effects felt |
| In fact people suffering from this disorder | | | | because of anorexia may range from dry skin, |
| fight a constant unrelenting battle against | | | | loss of hair and even, as seen in more severe |
| hunger in order to be slimmer or thinner. The | | | | cases, loss of menstruating periods. Patients |
| fact is that eating disorders like anorexia | | | | have a constant belief that they are fatter |
| and bulimia are quite difficult to predict. | | | | than they actually are. They most certainly |
| In the vast majority of cases people are very | | | | starve themselves and exercise constantly in |
| secretive about what they do, so symptoms are | | | | order to reach a lower body weight. Because |
| hard to see. Studies show that up to 15% of | | | | of these extreme measure that they take, they |
| young women develop bad eating habits but | | | | often have problems concentrating and coping |
| only a few of them get anorexia. | | | | with outside temperatures ( they have a |
| | | | constant feeling of being cold). Leaving the |
| The sad thing is that actually the society in | | | | disease untreated will usually lead to the |
| which we live in sets the standards for women | | | | severe aggravation of the patient, and in |
| through the skinny fashion models that we see | | | | worst cases actually to death. |
| on the catwalks. Because of this almost 80% | | | | |
| of women claim to be dissatisfied with the | | | | Bulimia is also one of today's eating |
| way they look. In the USA alone the amounts | | | | disorders. The only thing is that it stands |
| of money that are spent on dieting products | | | | for voracious appetite. It also involves |
| and diets are absolutely astronomical. This | | | | binge eating. People suffering from this |
| diet dieters have also the bad habit of later | | | | disorder also perceive them selves to be |
| on developing compulsive attitudes. Anorexia | | | | fatter than they are and experience |
| is not just a physical condition, the fact | | | | uncontrolled and chaotic eating behavior. |
| being that women with this disorder have low | | | | This is most often followed by self induced |
| self esteem and suffer immense brake downs. | | | | vomiting. Other practices would be excessive |
| The vast majority of people that develop this | | | | use of laxatives and diuretics in order to |
| disease is teenage girls and young women, but | | | | keep a perfect body shape. This constant |
| older women and men are also prone to | | | | behavior usually leads to many problems such |
| developing it. Anorexia involves excessive | | | | as depressions, heart damage, kidney damage, |
| obsessions regarding weight loss, food and of | | | | and of course damage to other parts of the |
| course calories. People often refer to the | | | | digestive system. In most extreme cases the |
| illness as slimmer's disease. | | | | patient can also end up with severe mental |
| | | | trauma. |
| The most common fact about patients suffering | | | | |