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Anorexia Nervosa

Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder that was first described in 1868 and is found most commonly found among teenage girls, and to a certain extent, also in men. Patients with anorexia harbor low self-esteem, stress, anxiety, unhappiness and a feeling of life getting out of hand.

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Four-year-olds Hospitalized For Eating Disorders

Australian kids as young as four are being hospitalized for eating disorders after refusing to eat and going on slimming diets in their quest to be thin, according to a clinical report. ...Read More

Posted on : Monday, May 2, 2011 3:48 AM
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This news is quite alarming! The media, parents and peers are influential why there is a rise of eating disorders in young children. Parents should be a good example to their children. But the reality is, they are not. What with the constant dieting. And the media is worse. Portraying that thin people are beautiful inculcates in the minds of young children that they should be that also. Measures should be done to stop the increase of eating disorders in children.
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