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I know that we have all tried a diet here and there to lose a few kilos, but what happens when dieting gets out of control? ... Then one day he ditched me and started going out with a really skinny girl. ... That’s when it got out of control. ... I thought I was in control… but I was completely out of control.
Jenny’s story is the reality of eating disorders. Anorexia nervosa is just one of three main types of eating disorders associated with problems people have with eating and the way they see their body. Some of these problems are caused by eating too little, and some by eating too much.
Anorexia
Anorexia nervosa is the most well known eating disorder. Anorexics do not allow themselves to eat because they are afraid of what the food will do to them, or are disgusted by the act of eating. Anorexics, like Jenny, try to avoid eating food altogether or reduce their calorie intake. ... At home I lay it all out in a particular manner, almost as if I’m going to entertain, and then I plough my way through the whole lot. Then I’m horrified at the sight of my painfully overstuffed stomach and feel I have to get that food out of my stomach” (Clare 16)
Bulimia contains a range of very specific behaviors.
Approximate Word count = 1030
Approximate Pages = 4.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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