Vanessa Pereira
English 2
Mrs. Skacel
24 March 1998
Thesis Statement: Anorexia Nervosa effects a person both physically and mentally.
Anorexia is one percent of most prevalent eating disorder disease. The word anorexia itself means, " lack of appetite". Anorexia is an all-encompassing pursuit of thinness occurring. The person effected by Anorexia has an absolutely fear of becoming obese (Matthew 4).
Approximately one percent of adolescent girls develops Anorexia Nervosa, a dangerous condition in which they can literally starve themselves to death. People who starve intentionally starve themselves suffer from an eating disorder. The disorder, which usually begins in the young people around the time of puberty, involves extreme weight loss. At least fifteen percent below the individuals normal body weight. Many people with the disorder look emaciated, but are convinced they are over weight (Matthew 5).
Anorexia Nervosa has three Diagnostic Criteria.......
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