Anorexia En Mexico
Anorexia en Mexico is not near as common as in the United States but there are cases of anorexia and other eating disorders there as well. Eating disorders is not a trait of the United States alone. There are treatment centers in the United States and in Britain so that shows there is a need in countries other than just the United States. There are also support centers located around the world for victims with eating disorders so if they need to call someone just to talk, they can. Anorexia is a society disease. This means that it is caused mainly because of the stress that society puts on people to be and look thin. The problem is that society expects people to be too thin for their health. We were not designed to be 5' 7" and weigh 100 pounds or even less. Anorexic victims sometimes begin by losing the extra pounds that they need to in order to be healthy for their height, age, and sex. The problem is that they lose the weight fast by not eating or eating very little and sometimes exercise excessively. This routine is not healthy and the quick weight loss takes its toll on the body. There have been over eight million people who have been diagnosed with anorexia or some other eating disorder. The majority of these are between the ages of 10 and 20 years old. The average age for someone with these disorders is 17. Anyone at any age might suffer from an eating disorder but since the majority are young people, we need to educate ourselves so we can stop some of this crazy disease. Our society has many people believing they need to lose the weight in order to succeed or belong in society but it is not so and we need a way to convince our young people this. There are some deaths, suicides, and very serious damage to the body possible if one suffers from anorexia. We need to be aware of the signs and symptoms so we can help our young people or anyone we know that we suspect has an eating disorder. It is not going away, it is getting worse everyday.
Thirty years ago very little was known about anorexia and other eating disorders and the scientists did not realize there was a big problem until after some very famous people were diagnosed and in some cases, died from anorexia. Since then there has been more study done on the diseases and it is now believed that our society is the main reason for the disease and added to stress, peer pressure, low self esteem, and possibly genetics, there is a deadly combination here if something is not done about it.
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