BE FIT THE RIGHT WAY

EATING DISORDER

Eating Disorders are serious illness that can destroy a female or a male's health and well-being and even threaten there live.

Out of Control
Lots of people worry about there wieght and wish that they could be thinner, but when a person stops eating normally, they may have an eating disorder. A person with an eating disorder can be a dangerous habit and behavior that they can't control. Without help, they can become very sick. They can do permanent damage to their body or even die. There are two types of eating disorders: anorexia and bulimia.

ANOREXIA
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that causes a person to stave them selves. A person with anorexia try to avoid food. Sometimes they develop special rituals for how to eat, in order to eat as little as possible. They even lose so much weight that they literally stave to death.

Symptoms:

Blotchy or yellow skin that is dry and covered with fine hair

Confused or slow thinking, along with poor memory or judgment

Depression

Dry mouth

Extreme sensitivity to cold (wearing several layers of clothing to stay warm)

Loss of bone strength

Wasting away of muscle and loss of body fat

BULIMIA
A person with bulimia is also obsessed with being thin. But unlike an anorexic, they dont starve themselves to control there weight. Instead, they "binges" and then "purges". That means they eat a large meal in a short period of time and then tries to get rid of it by forcing themselves to vomit, or by using some type of smell that makes a person to vomit.

Getting Help
If you are struggling with an eating disorder, go get help now. Dont let embarrassment force you to hide your problems. Talk to your parents or another adult that you trust so you can get the treatment you need. Or if you know someone with any of this eating disorders go tell an adult, because you can be the hero for them. You can save there lives. BE A HERO.

SOMEONE THAT HAD AN EATING DISORDER:

" When I was 11, I stoped eating. I had to be hospitalized, and it took counseling for me to get back to normal. I now know that as you get older, you need to gain weight."
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Please dont become anorexic or bulimic because it may cause you your life. Be healthy and lose weight and be fit the right way.