Our culture is obsessed with perfection, especially when it comes to the way women look. The parameters of acceptability as far as physical appearance go are so limiting that only a handful of women actually fall into this category. And the rest of us are left to either squeeze ourselves into molds that don’t fit, hating ourselves all the while, or we just give up entirely.                                                       Yancy Lael

Knowing Insight

Eating disorders are like a gun that’s formed by genetics, loaded by a culture and family ideals, and triggered by unbearable distress.                                                                                       Aimee Lui


Learn More About Anorexia Nervosa

Human beings suffer from various types of physical disorders which are caused due to various reasons. It is true that most of these disorders are the outcome of faulty ways of life and most o them have certain impact on physical fitness.



It is quite obvious that the role of the stomach is very important in all the major physical disorders. It is because of the fact that faulty eating habits give birth to physical ailments and a control over the faulty eating habits can cure these problems as well. Anorexia nervosa is a disease which is caused by excessive eating. It is essentially an eating disorder which is, sometimes, referred to as psychological disorder.

How Does Anorexia Occur?

Anorexia nervosa is a disease which is very close in symptoms of obesity and as a result the body gets excessively fat at times. As the symptoms are not always dominant in most of the cases so the reasons of getting affected by the diseases are not clearly indicated. However, most of the medical researches show that genetic factors and body image issues are closely related with the people who suffer from Anorexia nervosa. 



Who Gets Affected By Anorexia Nervosa?

It is observed that adolescent females are more affected by this diseases than the men and that is why the females are required to take better care of their body and various other factors which are chiefly responsible for this disease. 



It is also seen in most of the cases that the people who belong to the well-fed section of the society get affected by this disease. That is why clinicians and research fellows conclude that the disease has a deeper relationship with improper or excessive eating habits and that theraputic eating disorder help should be sought as soon as the first symptoms become apparent in a potential sufferer.

Effects of Anorexia Nervosa

It is observed in most of the man and women suffering from this disease that they suffer from inconsistent eating habits and later develop the clear signs of behavioral disorders which are a serious part of the affair. If the children get affected with anorexia nervosa then the natural growth of the mind and body is feared to get affected. 



The process of their mental and physical growth gets slowed down and it can be bad or dissatisfactory for their growth in the end. Anorexia nervosa is a serious body ailment which must be treated as soon as the initial symptoms start showing their presence in the human body. The treatment for this disease is available and it must be tried at the earliest for total and immediate recovery.

Helpful Information Sources

North America
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders
National Eating Disorders Association

UK
National Centre for Eating Disorders
Beat | The UK's Eating Disorder Charity



Macy Armstrong - Buffalo, New York