Anorexia

Introduction:
We are three girls from Spain who we are going to write an article about the anorexia’s problem. On the one hand we are going to describe the anorexia’s problem and on the other handwe are going to write our personal opinion about it.
What is anorexia?
Disorders of the nervous system: people who intentionally starve themselves suffer from Anorexia Nervosa. This disorder, whichusually begins in young people around the time of puberty, involves extreme weight loss. Many people with the disorder look emaciated, but are convinced they are overweight. For reasons not yetunderstood, they become terrified of gaining weight.
Anorexia, or self – starvation, is a disease and it can be fatal if left untreated. Recognition of its symptoms can be the first step toward savingyourself or someone you love from this dangerous disease.
The following is a list of the observable symptoms:
Refusal to maintain body weight
 Fear of gaining weight
Talks about "feeling fat"Difficulty with eating full meals
 Rigidity with what they will eat
An obsessive preoccupation with body size
Over-exercising
 Intense dissatisfaction with physical appearance
 Personality changefrom outgoing to withdrawn
Limit food intake to "arrow selection of low-Cal foods
 Hoarding, concealing, crumbling or throwing away food
Menstrual difficulties.
Personal Opinion:
In our view,we think Anorexia is a serious disease, which affects many young between 13- 25 years old. The cases number is increasing more and more. Before 98 the cases number in Spain was about 250. 000, but thecases number is about 500. 000 now, which seems alarming to us!!!
In our opinion Anorexia is a serious problem, so we must prevent that it goes on in our society; because this illness affects, as wementioned before, a lot of people in developed countries. Besides, we think that young people who suffer Anorexia are boys and girls who are unaware of the dangers of this disease. They don’t know...