Dieing To Be Skinny

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In January of 1999, a ten year old girl named Kelsey asked her parents if she could go to

a weight loss camp in the summer. Kelsey wasn't very over weight, but her parents decided if that would make her feel better about herself, then why not? What her parents didn't know was that this was the first step towards Anorexia Nervosa. After the camp, she came home and immediately started dieting and exercising. Her parents approved, thinking that it wouldn't do her any harm to lose a couple pounds. Slowly she began cutting whole food groups from her diet. Soon, she stopped eating with her parents, saying she already ate or just wasn't hungry.

People began commenting on her weight. Kelsey loved the attention. Her parents were beginning to suspect her unhealthy eating patterns. She was indeed far too thin. Her mother took her to the doctor, and he talked to her about the proper nutrition she needed. Kelsey agreed to try to eat healthier. Barbara (Kelsey's mother) really thought that this would work for Kelsey. However, the weight continued to "melt" off. She was cold all the time. Kelsey seemed to be weighing herself obsessively, so her parents took away her scale away from her. Her parents would not let her ex

Anorexia Nervosa is a very popular eating disorder. Anorexia Nervosa is the relentless pursuit of thinness. Meaning that you don't eat, in order to be skinny or the "perfect weight." This eating disorder affects mainly females, through the ages of twelve to twenty five years of age. However, recent studies have shown that Anorexia can show in children as young as six and as old as seventy-six. Researchers have found that about one percent of female adolescents has Anorexia Nervosa. So, that means that one out of every one hundred young women is starving themselves!

Anorectics may exercise all the time. Obsessed with weight loss and the fear of becoming fat, many anorectics see their normal folds of flesh as "fat" that must be lost immediately. When this normal flesh is lost, the anorectics are uncomfortable when trying to rest. Not getting proper rest can also affect the anorectics in a negative way. As the eating disorder continues, they may withdraw from friends, family and any usual activities. The body soon responds to this disorder and it slows down or even stops certain bodily functions. Blood pressure falls, breathing rate slows down, and activity of the thyroid gland diminishes. Skin soon becomes dry and the hair and nails become brittle. Anorectics become light headed easily, joints swell, and constipation is also common.

The next day she started the sixth grade. Since then she has had the feeding tube replaced and removed again, twice. Kelsey is doing much better since and will hope to keep up the good work.

Early treatment is vital!! There are no drugs/pills specifically for

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