Anorexia

            
             Anorexia is a condition that many people do not consider to be a disease.
             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 also because most of the time the .
             outcome of anorexia is fatal. Anorexia usually begins around the time of puberty when .
             the bodies of young females start to fill out. Most of the time anorexia is brought on by .
             pressure from a person's job or activity, to lose weight. In the article most of the young .
             athletes were pressured by there coaches to be no heavier than 95-99 pounds. One of the .
             young ladies explains how anorexia ruined her whole career due to bone loss and loss of .
             muscle mass. She was unable to complete her jumps on the ice skating rink because her .
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             body was terribly deprived of the proper nutrients. The first time she came in second .
             place she was considered a has been. .
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             In another article titled "Never Just Pictures", fat is referred to as the devil. The .
             article explains that even innocent children grow up knowing that you can never be thin .