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The Skinny on Anorexia and Bulimia

By Anita Kelly Couch

 

Fast Facts…


8 million people, usually ages 12-20, have anorexia; bulimia or other related eating disorders in the United States alone. 20% of these people will die. (2003)


Anorexia currently has the highest mortality rate of any psychological disorder.


Stressors that may spark the onset of Anorexia/Bulimia:
Lack of understanding her worth to Christ
Feelings of Inadequacy
Difficulty managing emotions
Desire for Perfection
Disruption, Trauma or Change early in life
Dieting
Sense of Failure
Helplessness
Need for Control
Appearance Perceptions
Rejection
Abandonment
Unmet emotional needs (nurture/dependency)
Anxiety
Need for respect and admiration
Desire to be special/unique


Did you know?...
All women gain approximately 40 lbs. between the ages of 8 to 14. This weight gain is NORMAL and NECESSARY as a girl’s body is changing and becoming that of a young woman’s. Yet half of teenage girls are, or think they should be on diets. Three out of one hundred girls will take this too far, becoming anorexic or bulimic.

 

The media LIES to us: “You must look like a model on a magazine cover in order to be worthwhile and happy.” The FACT is: 80% of our top models are anorexic. Do you really want to be like them?

 

The pictures of these perfect bodies are NOT EVEN REAL! They are composites of Different parts taken from Different women and electronically altered to portray a perfect body. We are upholding an image that is not even based on reality!

Your body will never be “perfect”, but it can be healthy. Stop pursuing perfection, rather pursue health.

 

Moderate Physical Exercise + Eating Wisely + Sufficient Sleep = Healthier Body


Your body is on loan from your Heavenly Father and He loves you deeply.


“For you created my inmost being;
You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Your works are wonderful; I know that full well.”
(Psalm139: 13-14, NIV)

 

What is it that we are really starving for?