Anorexia Nervos A Slow Killer - 1827 Words

Anorexia Nervosa The three tripods of healthy living is eating right, adequate exercise, and sleep tight. When this balance is broke, an individual’s health condition can get into trouble. Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder, which can create imbalance to the health cycle in a significant and dangerous manner causing even fatality to the individual. It is originated from Latin words, which means nervous incompetence to eat. The same disease is a psychiatric condition where the person fears unrealistic weight gain, face uncontrollable undernourishment, and distortion of the physical appearance. This is a serious disorder to be addressed because of the danger it causes to the public health. The same disorder is seen commonly in teenage†¦show more content†¦Because Anorexia Nervosa cases death rate is one of highest in the category of mental ailments, the same is posing serious health problem to the general public health in the United States. In the United States publ ic there is a two hundred percent growth in the reported cases since its official inception. Since 1970 followed by two decades the same eating disorder was prevalent mainly with the upper and middle class women, but now the recent studies have proved it is common across women irrespective of their social status in the United States. The same disorder can cause major serious damage to the cardio vascular, digestive, and dental system causing even sudden fatality. Baratta (2011) stated that first reported fatality due to the same disorder dates back to 383 A.D. It was also specified that most of the Anorexics were female sages. To clarify, â€Å"During medieval times, female saints and mystics were miraculously able to survive without food and appetite† (p.13). The same keeps us thinking whether Anorexics are really supernatural or not. Causes Experiencing the fierce nature of the condition it is vital that we know what actually causes the same? It will be better for the public health situation to explore the same. Even though the main reason for the disease is not well known, it can be related to factors like social, occupational, Biological, and psychological. Social One of the major factors