Anorexia: A Physical and Mental Disorder

Our society worships physical perfection. Our role models are slim, sexy, perfectly muscled actors, actresses, models, and athletes. Their images are everywhere from billboards, movie screens, to magazines. Many of us are willing to pay high costs physically, emotionally, and financially. The means by which we try to fulfill them can be extreme and even self-destructive. Young adolescents try to control their weight by dieting. Sometimes their dieting gets out of control and leads them …

…played a major role in helping to contribute to anorexia. With the help of family, friends, teachers and physicians, adolescents can overcome the effects of this disorder. With the help of Congress and the National Institute of Mental Health, the 1990’s became known has the “Decade of the Brain” (Bush, 1990). With better Anorexia 8 understanding and education on anorexia, adolescents will be able to see the warning signs and avoid the path to their own self-destruction.