Hunger for perfection, the cost of anorexia nervosaThere are countless people in this modern society who suffer from eating disorders. By forcing them to be part of a society where it is more important to be thinner than to be healthier and fitter, the media perpetuates and fuels the strong feeling that women must be thin to be desirable. As the media presents the standards of what a beautiful woman should look like in a relationship and emphasizes how fat is undesirable, new disorders arise. And for us, anorexia nervosa, a new, unprecedented illness. Women and men suffer from perfect body image deception until anorexia nervosa sacrifices their existence. The desire to be the perfect ideal figures that we see on television and in magazines; brings together the minds of what reality is and how it is represented. The difficulties experienced with an eating disorder are immeasurable and difficult to understand, starvation and excessive exercise are all necessary to achieve a perfect physique. But is it really a success?!Anorexia nervosa is a new disorder that affects the state of mind and is characterized by actions taken to lose weight in order to have a better physical appearance. The disorder is strictly psychological and aims to accept and indulge oneself with a thin body image, which is indeed unhealthy and dangerous for life. People with this condition have such a distorted perception of themselves that they can't help but think of their body as fat when in reality it's not. Perceiving oneself as fat leads people with anorexia nervosa to lose as much weight as possible, by limiting their food intake. This psychological state is so strong that...... middle of paper...... Better Health Channel. “Anorexia nervosa.” Best health channel. Np, October 2013. Web. April 18, 2014. .Penn State Hershey. “Anorexia nervosa.” Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Np, February 14, 2013. Web. April 18, 2014. .Sidiropoulos, Michael. “Anorexia nervosa: the physiological consequences of starvation and the need for primary prevention efforts.” McGill Medical Review 10.1 (2007): 20-25. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Internet. April 18, 2014. .University of Maryland. “Anorexia nervosa.” University of Maryland Medical Center. Np, February 14, 2013. Web. April 18. 2014. .