Anorexia nervosa
What makes people think they are fat when the opposite is the truth? Just one look into the mirror via mind of a person who suffers from anorexia might give us the answer, but is there any?
Just two examples from the real life: A brother said to his younger teen-age sister that her favourite singer did not like chubby girls. At first she decided to reduce her weight and was on a diet. She was slimmer and slimmer but was not able to see the true picture of herself in the mirror. After couple of weeks she ended up in a hospital, weighting only 30 kilos.
Another thing badly influencing healthy development of young people are extremely slim (skinny) models; not only women but even men.
(Examples above might be two of much causation but they do not have to be.)
Unfortunately, there is no specific causation of anorexia. And when the causation cannot be found it also cannot be removed, therefore only the consequences are cured. Anyway, everything depends on the person suffering from anorexia – whether (s)he wants to be cured or not.
NB: An adult’s BMI should not be lower than 18.5.
More info: http://www.ordinace.cz/clanek/anorexie-mentalni-anorexie/
What makes people think they are fat when the opposite is the truth? Just one look into the mirror via mind of a person who suffers from anorexia might give us the answer, but is there any?
Just two examples from the real life: A brother said to his younger teen-age sister that her favourite singer did not like chubby girls. At first she decided to reduce her weight and was on a diet. She was slimmer and slimmer but was not able to see the true picture of herself in the mirror. After couple of weeks she ended up in a hospital, weighting only 30 kilos.
Another thing badly influencing healthy development of young people are extremely slim (skinny) models; not only women but even men.
(Examples above might be two of much causation but they do not have to be.)
Unfortunately, there is no specific causation of anorexia. And when the causation cannot be found it also cannot be removed, therefore only the consequences are cured. Anyway, everything depends on the person suffering from anorexia – whether (s)he wants to be cured or not.
NB: An adult’s BMI should not be lower than 18.5.
More info: http://www.ordinace.cz/clanek/anorexie-mentalni-anorexie/
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