Anorexia
Anorexia is a condition that many people do not consider to be a disease. I often 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
3 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,
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Approximate Word count = 766
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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