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Anorexia, an eating disorder that can determine self-starvation affects mostly women, especially the younger ones. A factor that can lead to anorexia is the norm of the modern society that appreciates a woman is beautiful and full of success if she is thin, and a lot of people might want to become just like that, believing that being very thin is the most important thing. A lot of persons may think that having control over our body is one way to exert power over the forces that surround us. This can lead to an obsession, and so, there appear eating disorders. Many persons become obsessed, they start having a distorted vision about their body and about how it should look. Someone affected by anorexia will have this distorted vision about the body, will believe it is fat and must lose weight, will be permanently afraid not to get weight. That person will not believe is thin and underweight, even if a lot of people say that. In women, there can also appear loss of three consecutive menstrual periods, and it was seen that interest in sexual desire among males will decrease. It seems that the eating disorders appear because of a combination of psychological, interpersonal, and social conditions. Our culture that makes an ideal for a thin body, troubled family and personal relationships, depression, anxiety, loneliness and feelings of inadequacy may provoke the apparition of an eating disorder. There are a lot of warning signs that can show us a person is about to get or got an eating disorder. We can mention obsession with calories and fat content of foods, visible food restriction and self-starvation, fear of eating around and with others, hiding food in strange places to avoid eating it, wearing big clothes to hide weight loss. Other signs are the use of diet pills, laxatives or enemas, preoccupied thoughts of food, weight, and cooking, loss of menstrual cycle, complaints of often feeling cold, depression, fatigue, low self- esteem and the sensation of being worthless, perfectionalist personality and other. It is true that nowadays there is a great pressure in our society to be good- looking. Women want that, and they believe it is possible only if they look thin like a young girl. It is important for all of us to remember that according to our age and height, we need to have a certain weight, and we also must remember that many of us will never be skinny or fat, it is important to live in total harmony with our bodies. It is important to eat when we feel hungry, sleep when it is necessary and try to raise our self- esteem, and enjoy the life. For more resources about anorexia please review this page http://www.anorexia-center.com/pro-anorexia.htm, or even signs of anorexia
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