... overlooked? In the United States, twenty million women suffer or have suffered from the eating disorder Anorexia Nervosa, an eating disorder that causes people to lose more weight than what is healthy for their age and height (Board 1). It is a very dangerous illness with many contributing social factors. This disease comes with many psychological and physical symptoms which ... grocery store without noticing a rack full of magazines containing images of underweight models or celebrities. In a study done by Nichter, adolescent girls said that their ideal body came from fashion magazines ...

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