Cause I’m young, and I’m hip, so beautiful
I’m gonna be a supermodel
I’m young, and I’m hip, so beautiful
I’m gonna be supermodel
I didn’t, eat yesterday
And I’m going not eat today
And I’m not gonna eat tomorrow
Cause I’m gonna be a supermodel
–Lines from the song I wanna be a Supermodel
This popular song by Avril Lavigne clearly spoke as to what what most teenagers are aspiring for today—be someone as skinny as Paris Hilton or be the next Gisele Bundchen. But in the pursuit of this dream, they consciously or unconsciously experimented with diets and extreme exercise to loose those unwanted pounds even go as far as taking weigh loss pill. Later on, they develop eating disorders with increasing frequency.
Eating disorders rank the third most common chronic illness in most teenagers and young women. There are two subgroups of the disorders: anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
1.Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder in which a person refuses to eat right, and has an intense fear of weight gain and a distorted body image. A person...