What is Anorexia? • Emotional disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat. • It is psychologically and life threatening
Symptoms Extreme Weight Loss • feels they can never be thin • see themselves as "fat" despite extreme weight loss • Become extremely skinny with protruding bones • Discolored skin • Hard skin and light weight
Symptoms • No nutrients reach the hair >Hair become thin and eventually falls • Areas of balding • Protein stored in body ceomes deplted Hair Break Falls
Symptoms Abnormal Blood Counts • Reduced manufacture of hemoglobin > leads dizziness/ tiredness/weakness • Production of white blood cells is impaired > weaken bodies defense to infection • Blood platelet concentrations > possibility of bleeding tendency
Images Extreme weight loss Hair Break and fall out Abnormal blood counts
Cause • Influenced by celebrities, movie and media • Desire to fit group type • Pressured by society "standards" • Compare themselves to other Influence
Cause Traumas • Losing friendships and romantics relationships • Poor job performance • Social anxiety • Extremely embarrassing accidents • Abuse (verbal, psychological and physical)
What Does It Effect? • Loss of focus due to dizziness • Health drawbacks • Self-esteem decrease • Damages the mind
Solutions • Boost their self-esteem • Self-help groups & support groups • Convince them they aren't alone • Read inspiring stories for motivation