hear people say that anorexia is just a phase that most girls go through when they gain a

few pounds due to puberty. Anorexia is a mental and physical disease that is taking over

the lives and careers of many young females in America.

In articles such as “Little Girls in Pretty Boxes”, it is shown how anorexia has

ruined the careers of many young ice skaters. When the girls start skating before puberty

they are said to have the perfect body therefore the only thing they had to worry about

was their performance. However, when puberty hits and the girls pick up a few pounds

they are pressured to become thin and stay that way. This pressure pushes a lot of girls to

drastic measures and they end up scarred mentally and physically for life. These young

girls are being denied their right to grow up and become a woman. Anorexia eats away

most of the bone mass needed for many athletes to compete. I think that these coaches

should be ashamed of themselves and society should a

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athletes were pressured by there coaches to be no heavier than 95-99 pounds. One of the

enough. It also explains how it is ruining the lives of many young models. The models

Some topics in this essay:
Pretty Boxes”, Ana Anorexia, people anorexia, anorexia ruined, ice skaters, lives people, bone loss,