Anorexia 2
Anorexia is a condition that affects every part of you, your body, and your mind. In the world that we live in, where on every magazine cover, every tv show, and even in your homeroom, you see beautiful, skinny girls that seem to have everything they want. They seem to be popular, always happy, and have the perfect body. Many girls that are just beginning to go through adolescence feel that to be these perfect girls, they have to be skinny. They turn to Anorexia is a serious eating disorder, in which girls have an intense fear of becoming fat. The diagnostic criteria, although not all patients with anorexia experience these symptoms, are characteristics of anorexics. Anorexics have a refusal to maintain body weight at or above a minimally normal weight for age and height. Their weight loss leading to maintenance of body weight is below 20% of the expected body weight of healthy individuals at the same age and height. Some anorexics have a distorted body image of themselves, leading them to believe they are fat, even if they are seriously underweight. The physical signs that can be seen or felt are dramatic weight loss in a relatively short period of time, skeletal look, sunken eyes, dry, yellow, or
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