... . The motivation to be thin keeps them from eating. An anorexic begins to about all different ways in order to lose weight. For example, as said by Lisa Turk "I'm a teenage drama queen, I'll throw my guts up for self esteem."" The adolescent, with a severe case of anorexia suffers from arrested physical and psychological growth and development. The onset of anorexia in ... an eating disorder themselves. Doctors believe "it has less to do with media images of slim-figured models and more to do with biological and genetic factors."" According to one study, "about half the risk of developin...

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