Anorexia and Bulimia

Vocabulary

Disorders: Trastornos

Diseases: enfermedades

Pressure: Presión

Thinness: Delgadez

-Eating disorders are terrible diseases caused by many factors, which may include emotional and personality problems, family pressure, a possible genetic or biological susceptibility and living in a culture in which there is a lot of food and an obsession with thinness.

Vocabulary Degrees: Grados Categorized: Categorizan Common: Común Purging: Purgación State: Estado Starvation: Inanición Severe: Severa

-Eating disorders are usually manifested by obesity. They have different degrees, generally categorized as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Bulimia nervosa , which is more common, describes a cycle of binding and purging.

-Anorexia nervosa is a state of starvation (hunger) and wasting, which can be performed with severe dieting or purging.

Vocabulary

Share: Comparten Characteristics: Características Depression: Depresión Concealment: Ocultación Weight loss: Perdida de peso

-Bulimia and anorexia share common characteristics-depression, concealment and obsession with weight loss, but differ in severity, personality traits and other factors.

Vocabulary

Self-starvation : Autoinanición

Medieval writings: escritos medievales

Defined: Definida

A medical problem: Un problema médico

-These disorders are not new. The descriptions of self-starvation are found in medieval writings. Anorexia nervosa was first defined as a medical problem in 1873.

SHOCKING PHOTOS.