Anorexia Anorexia and and

Obesity Obesity

AnorexiaAnorexia

A person with anorexia has an intense fear of gaining weight. Someone with anorexia thinks about food a lot and limits the food she or he eats, even though she or he is too thin.While anorexia mostly affects girls and women (90–95 percent), it can also affect boys and men.

An anorexic:

*has a low body weight for her or his height *resists keeping a normal body weight *has an intense fear of gaining weight *thinks she or he is fat even when very thin

SymptomsSymptomsShe or he may use extreme measures to lose weight by:

* taking diet pills

* not eating or eating very little

* moving food around the plate

* stunted growth

* thinning of the hair

* constantly feeling "cold"

* pallid complexion and sunken eyes

* headaches, dry skin

* brittle fingernails

* dry or chapped lips

TreatmentTreatmentThe treatment of this disorder is often difficult, some individuals are notoriously difficult to help.

This is because of the disorder's insidious nature, which wreaks

havoc not only with the body, but just as seriously with the individual's negative self-

perception.

ObesityObesityCategories:

* 25 – 30 Overweight * 30 – 35 Obese * 35 – 40 Severe Obesity * > 40 Morbidly Obese

Morbid obesity is associated with a number of conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and sleep apnoea.

When discussing obesity, doctors tend to talk about your Body Mass Index or BMI. The BMI is the ratio between a patient’s weight in kilograms divided by their height squared.

In addition, certain cancers are much more common in obese patients such as oesophageal

cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer and prostate cancer. Often these cancers are detected at a later

stage in obese patients and therefore they have poorer outcomes.

Take hours in front of the TV or playing video games, add snack foods, chips and sugary soft

drinks and you have the recipe for what is becoming an epidemic of weight problems in children today.Recent UK research has shown that as many as a fifth of 7 to 11 years old are overweight and more

than a tenth are obese.

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