Tha Anorexia

The aesthetics, weight and body obsession of great concern to adolescents of Girona region, according to data collected in a study by the School Health Program of the Department of Health in thishealth region. The report, based on an anonymous and confidential voluntarily made to 859 students in the 3rd and 4th of ESO of 19 public and private institutes of the Girona region, notes that 12.5%​​of young people between 14 and 15 years eat vomit and laxatives to lose weight at least once a week, while 58% are concerned about their weight.

These are figures that the director of Health Services inGirona, Ferran Cord, considered "shocking" and own a "serious social problem and not a health issue alone." Lace was very critical of certain television programs that promote "a culture of winningfor his physical" and asked not to be trivialized the image and the individual's relationship with her body. He also invited parents and teachers to remain "alert" to warn potential cases of eatingdisorder, a disease that particularly affects girls. The survey, which asked for the weight and height of students to apply the criteria of BMI, found 8% of students at risk of becoming overweight, whilemore than 90% is in the normal range for their age .

The study provides information on the use of drugs and alcohol by teens. Specifically, 30% of students in the fourth year of ESO acknowledgedhaving used marijuana in the past month, while the reported consumption of drugs like cocaine is so low that it has not been reflected in the report. The snuff also engages 30% of young people, whoconfessed to having smoked in the past 30 days, while 11% smoke daily and do boys and girls alike.

For alcohol, 64% of fourth graders and 49% of those in the third reported having drunk alcohol highestranking.

Cord was concerned about youth leisure habits, including alcohol as a playful element, socially and culturally accepted, but that in his opinion "is hard and very addictive drug."...