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Anorexia is a condition characterized by being dangerously underweight. It is a compulsion to be thin and to lose more weight, no matter how skinny you are or what common sense tells you.

People who are 85% or less than the normal body weight for their gender, height, and build are considered anorexic. The disease usually manifests in adolescent or teen years but can start as early as age 10. Most sufferers however, are between the ages of 14 and 20. 95% of anorexics are female and about 1 out of every 100 women suffers from the disease. Most importantly, anorexia is a life-threatening compulsion: one out of ten people die from the disorder.

 

Dieting

Dieting is a futile, often harmful process of restrictive eating usually caused by body dissatisfaction, preoccupation with thinness, and the false belief that self-worth is dependent upon body size. Dieting makes you obsessive with food and, as a consequence, can lead to eating disorders, weight-loss surgery, and even suicide.

Social pressures to be thin have never been greater: 70% of women in North America are dieting at any given time while 40% continually "yo-yo" diet. 95% of people who lose weight through dieting will regain the weight lost and possibly more, which can lead to additional problems such as heart disease and even premature death.

The effects of dieting include an obsession with food, cigarette smoking, a strong desire to binge, irritability, nail biting, depression, lowered self-esteem, social withdrawal, reduction in sexual interest, impaired concentration and judgment, decreased body temperature, and lowered metabolism.

 

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