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Anerexia

Society has us believing that beautiful women are thin women. Unfortunately, this belief causes many young women to be obsessed with thinness, obsessed to the point of illness, obsessed to the point of anorexia nervosa.
Anorexia nervosa is an obsession with being thin even after excessive weight loss. It is the pursuit to reach ultimate thinness usually found among most teenagers and young women. This disorder is on the rise due to cultural, family factors, and emotional, which can also lead to serious threatening results in an anorexic’s life.
Culture plays a significant role in developing this eating disorder. The value culture places on slenderness forces them to diet. Thin has been around for many decades in American culture. Women are bombarded with the message to achieve an ultra-thin body shape. Images of models are everywhere assuming that as the perfect figure. This causes many girls to starve themselves to be the “ideal figure.
Another factor contribut...

Posted by: Andres Cisneros

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