ANOREXIA 1 st grade Senior High School Teacher : Ms Befa

Anorexia is a plague of modern society. It affects mainly girls at puberty and models. The causes of this threatening disease are the below:  Anorexics see themselves as overweight  They create obsessions with food and weight control; even when they are starved, they deny to eat anything and they weigh themselves all the time to make sure they have lost and not gained weight

 As far as models are concerned, they maintain that low weight levels will help them find a better job and have the potential for future career  Anorexics have low self-esteem and believe to be more beautiful and attractive if they are thinner

Symptoms and consequences  The initial symptoms of anorexia are extremely thin, emaciated appearance  From the psychological point of view, these people show signs of depression and obsessions with their weight  Anorexics are also seem very sensitive and vulnerable; they have minimal social relationships and intercourses

 Anorexia can cause many serious health problems like cardiac and respiratory ones or even kidney and liver failures  Another possible negative aspect could be neurological complications all the above consequences may unfortunately lead to death all the above consequences may unfortunately lead to death

It is a fact that anorexia might also affect boys and men. This is a scarcer phenomenon but it is likely to happen especially to boys who want to become more muscular. Men with eating disorders want either to be thinner or to gain weight so as to create muscles. It is a fact that anorexia might also affect boys and men. This is a scarcer phenomenon but it is likely to happen especially to boys who want to become more muscular. Men with eating disorders want either to be thinner or to gain weight so as to create muscles. Unfortunately, scientists have not yet found medication to treat this disease. A solution would be the cooperation of the person who faces the problem and doctors, nutritionists and psychologists. This method and support from the family, can help beat the illness!