nishing 78 percent who are dissatisfied with their bodies (White 2000).Anorexia nervosa is a collection of interrelated eating habits, weight management practices, attitudes about food, weight and body shape and physiological imbalances that become disordered. Eating a variety of foods helps to assure that you are eating a well-balanced diet. It is important that the body receives its nutritional needs of fat, protein, fluids, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. Building healthy attitude towards food involves learning about essential nutrition, such as the basic food groups. The anorectics must understand that calories are strength for the body to survive. If they learn to recognize what hunger really is, they can program themselves to eat at proper times. They need to learn to see food not as a poison or comfort, but rather a fuel for the body. They need to find interesting activities to take part in outside of food. The anorectics cannot look at calories as pounds added to their body. The can neither lie about their food intake, nor avoid any of the four food groups. They cannot continue a habit of suppressing or ignoring their bodys cues. The one thing that people cannot do is look at food as the enemy. Anyone can develop an eating disorder including males and females or all social and economic classes, races and intelligence levels. Anorexia nervosa is increasingly common and can range from very mild to life threatening. Women in society need to examine the relationship between societys current values of dieting and exercising and the high incidence of the disorder among women....
