”Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder which is characterised by a pathological fear of gaining weight and a result of that is a health – threatening weight loss ”
What is more important health or wish to look slim and attractive to others? This is a really good question especially among adolescent females and males. Anorexia usually starts when young people want to look beautiful sexual to other, ant they think that only a slim body means that, but they are not 100% right. The definition of beauty is very temporary, it changes maybe not every day but every year. What is nice today might not be next week. Same is and with looks, good appearance definition has changed a lot since our era started. At the beginning full – bodied person was held as symbol of good health, and slim one as a sick one, but all this has changed. Now that full – bodied person is not attractive, and has bad health, of course for that there are many reasons: low activity, fast food ect. Media has also a lot to do with it, actress, models, singers, they all are slim. Talking about models, they are held as symbols of beauty, but are they really beautiful? First of all most of them suffer from anorexia, second, all their photos are retouched by Photoshop. Most of girls looking at these pictures feel depressed that they do not look like those models and after that comes thoughts about diets. And everybody knows that the basic of diet is a little eating and sometimes even self – induced vomiting.
Now a little bit of history. The very first time anorexia was mentioned in The Middle Ages, there was a document found, which described a Hungary princesses life born in 1242. Her father wanted her to become a nun, but after some time he changed his mind and started looking for a husband for a princess. The princesses name was Margaret and she did not like any men that her father chose, she did everything to become more and more uglier so that all men would be scared of her. She started working hard and ate as less as she could. Margaret died when she was only 26 years old. Starvation, fear of normal weight and too big physical activity are the symptoms of anorexia.
Which of these two girls look happier and helthier? 🙂
Being slim not always mean that you are beautiful, especially if that beauty comes with too much stress for your organism. After that beauty disapprears from your face, skin does not look shiny, eyes does not smile. Every men in this world is beautiful, no metter how s/he looks like thin or full – bodied. The most important beauty is our health.
Ruta Balsyte 