Anorexia

Anorexia is a eating disorder that is mainly seen between teenagers, specially in girls. Nevertheless, the number of males is increasing each year. The common symptoms of anorexia include the wrong image of one's own body as well as the fear of increasing weight. Anorexia leads to a serious slimming and too much exercise. Sometimes anorexia is also related with bulimia, another eating disorder. These two illnesses are characteristic of developed countries, and they occur most of the times in families without economic problems. There's a lot of causes that make someone anorexic: beauty models imposed by society, low self-esteem and the search for perfection in a extreme slimness. The worst cases can end with the death of the sick caused by undernourishment or a heart attack.