Today’s media is full of pictures celebrities and it is often reported that they have anorexia nervosa, binge eating disorder or bulimia nervosa. But what exactly is it? These are eating disorders that can be harmful and even end deadly. The tragedy lies in the fact that it is almost always young women and men who suffer from eating disorders. Anorexia nervosa is the most dangerous one because it ends deadly for 10% of the affected people.

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The stems of anorexia may occur when an individual is very young. The pressures that society places upon youth to be perfect specimens can really lead to a damaged self esteem that can cause a case of anorexia to occur. Studies have shown that as many as seventy percent of surveyed sixth grade girls started to become weight conscious between age nine and eleven. The study also showed that these girls often began dieting to curb their weight problems in middle school. These are the common warning signs of anorexia. Many argue that these pressures are too intense for our youth and that advertising should take a larger responsibility when it comes to marketing towards adolescents.

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When it comes to statistics on eating disorders many would be surprised. It is common believe that eating disorders like bulimia, binge eating or anorexia nervosa just a affect a few of us and that most of these disorders are just going by.

The sad facts are that millions of people are having eating disorders and that some are so severe that you can even die of them. The worst statistics are the anorexia statistics which say that almost 5 percent of all women have a form of anorexia and that 10 percent die within 10 years and 20 percent within 20 years when this form of mental illness is not treated.

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There are many pro anorexia web sites out there but not all are bad. Anorexia is a disease that needs treatment and often young people take the advise of the wrong gurus. But for others being anorexic means living a lifestyle of healthy dieting to achieve a slim body.

There are many harmful sites out there offering the wrong answers to the question in how to become anorexic. The tips and ways on how to achieve a good looking slim body range from abusing drugs to healthy dieting.

When you choose the wrong ways to achieve your goal then you are on the way to dangerous eating disorders. Keep in mind that once these eating habits have been established, it is very difficult to change them or get rid of them at all.

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It is important to look for the signs of anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder that can lead to death. Anorexia is difficult to treat as it is a mental illness. Some persons suffer their whole life from it.

While the real causes of anorexia are still not known, it is assumed that eating and dieting habits can somehow become their own life. A sign of anorexia is that the affected person does not stop to diet although he or she has achieved the dietary goal already.

There is a distorted view of the own body. While slim and underweight already, the affected person still believes to be fat and overweight. Another warning sign is depression with the obsession to control something. In this case, controlling the own body weight gives the person a degree of satisfaction.

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There are many pro anorexia sites out there. Since anorexia nervosa is a serious mental illness with a pretty high mortality rate, higher than some cancers, the question is if pro anorexia sites are harmful or not. Is it even possible that such web sites can cause an illness or worsen it?

These sites propagandize a lifestyle of dieting to become ultra slim. Some of the tips are harmful like the advice on taking drugs to loose weight. Other tips are simple dieting tips anybody should or could use to achieve a healthy slim body. It is important to make a difference. It is the wrong advice that causes harm.

Most pro anorexia sites are nothing more than dieting or weight loss sites. To name these sites pro anorexia sites is what causes confusion. There is nothing glorious in suffering from anorexia nervosa. Nobody with the right mind is really asking for tips on how to get ill.

For these people dieting and maintaining a slim body is a lifestyle. By naming themselves pro anorexia they want to separate themselves from common fitness or weight loss sites.

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What does a bamboo plant have to do with your health? This may look off-topic at first but when you take a closer look you will see that you could possibly find quite a lot of people who will tell you that bamboo plants can have a lot to do with health.

Bamboo has always been very common in Asia and mainly in China. Bamboo is still used in many countries to treat several diseases. Bamboo also has its place in Feng Shui, a very old and nowadays very popular practice which teaches the arrangement of space to achieve more harmony.

Very popular are the lucky bamboo plants. The Chinese tradition says they bring health, luck and harmony to the bearer and also to the place where they are. In China you can find the lucky bamboo in almost every household and even in each room. To be correct though, this plant is not a bamboo plant but a simple house plant which just looks like bamboo…

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More and more pictures of anorexic people are getting published recently. Many celebrities and super models are in the line of fire of the public media. While it is not the business of anybody to judge over somebody else, some of the anorexic pictures are really horrible.

Young people today are bombarded by pictures of slim famous people. There is nothing bad with it. Obesity is a much bigger problem today. However, celebrities and models are idols for many young people and they should be aware that their exaggeration can cause harm in their followers.

While models are adult professionals knowing all the dieting tricks and always have professional advisors around them, the young fans just follow them blindly without support and often ending up with eating disorders like anorexia nervosa, binge eating and bulimia.

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The media is full recently with the hype of anorexic models on the catwalk. It is true, some of them really need a snack but most of them do not just look great but are also living and eating healthy. Just recently some of the modeling agencies and organisators of fashion events are have been banning models with a BMI of less than 18.

There are many who believe that this is not a solution for the problem. First of all because the problem is one of a minority and secondly we know from the past that these kind of regulations do not work. Anorexia nervosa is a serious illness and needs treatment. But without doubt the exaggeration in the media recently is doing more harm than good and will just punish models which are healthy.

Models who cross the line usually do this intentionally, abuse drugs and other harmful dieting techniques. Some loose control and drift into anorexia nervosa. They definitely need our immediate help and support but let the other models do their work as well.

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There many anorexic people out there but are they all suffering from a disease called anorexia nervosa? Being thin is not just about a new diet. It has become a lifestyle for many young people. The media seem to give them right. Fashion and beauty is a multi-billion dollar industry and growing. All we see are super-slim models who earn millions being thin because they are considered to be the most beautiful women on this planet.

However, condemning a whole industry can not be the solution. We should see the real problem which is anorexia nervosa, a serious disease like any other: It has to be treated appropriately without hype. True is that the scientific research lacks of enough funding and that the real reasons behind anorexia nervosa are still unkown.

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