Wasting Away
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published 19/11/2007
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SummaryOver the centuries, numerous scientists have devoted their lives to curing the ailments that have plagued mankind. While some diseases (such as polio) have been heroically defeated, others still kill millions of people every year. HIV/AIDS, Ebola, and Influenza, are just some of the many diseases that are serious factors in world health today. Although no cure has been found for many of these diseases, scientists are working non-stop to eradicate them. National and world health organizations are banding together in hopes of putting an end to the many deadly diseases that face the world today. With all the attention placed on infectious diseases, however, some serious ailments fall through the cracks. Eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa, are important health problems which afflict the world today; specifically the United States. Although anorexia has led to countless deaths in America over the past decades, little is known about the eating disorder. There is also much debate involving anorexia and other eating disorders; whether the ailments are biological or psychological, and just how serious a problem they are. Anorexia is a very serious problem in this country, and thousands of people are dying because so little is known about the devastating disease.
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- On the most basic level, anorexia nervosa involves a person refusing to maintain his/her normal body weight for age and height. Anorexia nervosa is most likely to occur in female adolescents.
- Recently, eating disorders such as anorexia have started to be discussed as biological ailments.
- In American society, a woman must be thin to be deemed 'attractive.?
- In May of 1999, a landmark study tracing the link between media representations of women and cases of eating disorders was conducted.
- The most troubling aspect of anorexia is the fact that so little is known about it.
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