Did anorexia exist 100 years ago when there was no media?
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Probably not. \n\nAnorexia Nervosa is a mental disorder where a person refuses to maintain more than 85 percent of their normal body weight. They usually have a distorted view of their weight and shape. Multidimensional risk perspective explains eating disorders. They cite several key factors that place individuals at risk for these disorders. The more of these factors that are present, the greater the likelihood that a person will develop an eating disorder. Among the leading factors identified to date are sociocultural conditions (societal and family pressures), psychological problems (ego, cognitive, and mood disturbances), and biological variables\n\nIf you look at art during the 1800s it shows that the aesthetically ideal woman of the past was considerably larger than today's ideal.
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NO!\nThis is a common misconception, but in order to be classified as anorexic, you MUST be underweight.\nAnorexia is different from just self-starvation, and in order to be clinically diagnosed with anorexia, you MUST have the following symptoms.\n-low body weight (less than 85 percent of normal weight for height and age)\n-a distorted body image\n-an intense fear of gaining weight.\n\nIf you don't have all of those, then it is NOT anorexia nervosa.\nThere are other conditions that are commonly misinterpreted and referred to as anorexia, but these are not technically anorexia without the above symptoms.\nHopefully that cleared it up for you!
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A women from Bond, Mississippi quoted "I ain't got nothing to eat and I'm hungry."\n(Dorothy Maxwell, 81)\n\nread more in the article below
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It has nothing to do with 100 years ago.  It has to do with racism and discrimination that exist today
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While you only want someone to answer if they are currently, I can answer according to my experience.  I was Anorexic, and later Bulimic.  Technically, by their definition, you cannot be both at the same time.  At the time, I didn't have a scale, but I was sure I was indeed very fat.  I recently looked at a picture of myself from then, and I looked extremely thin; not only thin but ill looking, as if I was partially dead.  I now weigh 202 lbs., because of the adjustments my body made when I started eating food again.  It is not worth it: eating right and excersising is the best way to loose weight/body fat.
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I lost over 30 pounds by eating just enough to get by with. You could try it. Or, my sister lost nearly 60 from a mixture of anorexia and bulimia. Whatever works for ya. For me, anorexia is easier than bulimia...
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I cant imagine food has changed much over the past hundred years, really depends on what region you are talking about -
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The answer is "disorder". I am very familiar with this disorder, my son had an eating disorder and I worked at an ED clinic. The media is not to blame for the cause of anorexia but it insist on encouraging the ED to continue. \nI believe, no...I know....it comes from within the individual. People with low self esteem, people who feel they are not worthy to live, to enjoy life, to be happy and don't deserve to eat. They feel so insignificant that they prefer to get small...so small where no one can seem them because they don't deserve to be part of this life. Its a slow suicide. When they see "thin" models and because their vision of themselves is warped, they see their bodies bigger and this makes them very upset....there they try and try to be thinner and thinner. We need a more excepting world of every shape, color and age. I use to think it was only women who suffered from this and then my son went through his hell.\nI consider it a disorder.
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Neanderthals are extinct so whether they were cannibals or not doesn't matter - and if they were, they're all dead so it can't be cured!! Also, as they were a different species of human from us cannibalism may not have been shameful for them, and I don't know of any research that claims they were cannibals in the first place.
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Yes, a few years ago...lost weight for a few months, then stopped losing...probably eating too much!
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Yes, do you see any signs of anorexia? I have a friend that is very skinny but she has a VERY HIGH metabolism. Do you notice any loss in appiette? How about hair loss? Does she ever talk about how"fat" she looks? If so I would talk to her mom or convince her to see a doctor!
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None.  They didn't exist when religious texts were written.
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ANYONE can be affected by anorexia. According to this website it is more often seen in white, upper class people. http://www.mamashealth.com/anorexia.asp
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I'm sure it does.  Anorexia also causes problems with the rest of your body.  Hair becomes brittle and falls out, heart failure may occur and your body starts to shut down because there's no nourishment.
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Anorexia doesn't happen to normal well-rounded people.  It usually happens to girls between the ages of 16 and 18.  It stems from self-hatred and believe it or not, it's a control issue.  The person loathes themselves for being fat or unloved by others and they feel like they have no control over things in their lives.  I had anorexia when I was between 16 and 18.  I hardly ate anything for 2 years!  I hated myself because I had a terrible alcoholic father that resented having us kids because he couldn't take all his money and gamble with it.  He had to support us.  I think it was my way of getting back at him and being liked by my peers all at the same time.  Don't be afraid to diet.  If you have normal feelings about yourself and have some control in your life, you'll be fine.
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no you don't have a set weight that you cant go below\nI'm 5'6" and weigh 95 lbs\nignore ignorant people that say you look anorexic they probably have never even seen a person with a true eating disorder, people with anorexia nervosa are not just skinny they also lack muscle tone and have other features that set them apart from us normally thin people\n\nI'm also a nutritionist feel free to email me for help with the dieting or any questions
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They didnt exist so the answer is no because they needed to exist first in order for the analysis to begin.\n\nWe know they didnt exist because science has demonstrated that we evolved to "humans" we were simply plopped on earth. We know the earth is billions of years old. We have found the remains of hominid life forms and we have shown the process of evolution. \n\nDividing this into macro and micro is silly and the uptiome of rationlization. Sorry, I too wish I was made in God's image.