Being Thin is the New In???

What Is Anorexia? (cited from mamashealth.com)

Anorexia is an eating disorder where people starve themselves. Anorexia usually begins in young people around the onset of puberty. Individuals suffering from anorexia have extreme weight loss. Weight loss is usually 15% below the person's normal body weight. People suffering from anorexia are very skinny but are convinced that they are overweight. Weight loss is obtained by many ways. Some of the common techniques used are excessive exercise, intake of laxatives and not eating.

Anorexics have an intense fear of becoming fat. Their dieting habits develop from this fear. Anorexia mainly affects adolescent girls.

People with anorexia continue to think they are overweight even after they become extremely thin, are very ill or near death. Often they will develop strange eating habits such as refusing to eat in front of other people. Sometimes the individuals will prepare big meals for others while refusing to eat any of it.

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Pause. Just when you think Anorexia mainly affects teenage girls, you are wrong! Check out this news article from MyPaper on 24th July 2009...

Mr.Keropok's Thoughts:

OMG!! What has become of the world? There's nothing wrong with being thin if it's being done the correct way. But why do these teenagers need to resort to starvation or eating malnutrition meals?

Maybe the question behind the question to ask is 'Why the craze and pursuit of being thin?'

If it is for health reasons, then it's understandable. But if it is just plain following a trend just to look cool and gain some limelight, then personally I feel it is plain stupidity. Do pardon me for the lack of a better word. I'm just agitated each time I see young people not exercising some common sense nor thinking of consequences.

Slim vs. Anorexic. To some it may seem like a thin line or grey area of debate. For me, it's as clear as black and white. Don't be silly to fall into the cultural trap.