The current beauty model imposes an increasingly thin body and the industry, in this sense, is becoming stronger: publications of diets and miracle products, techniques to shape the figure..., which generates great economic benefits at the expense of making to many people slaves of their bodies. The characteristics of anorexia and bulimia have been widely reported in the media in recent years and, in a way, are familiar to the population. But there are other eating disorders, including the so-called unspecified eating disorders (TECANE), binge eating disorders and initial or partial cases of anorexia and bulimia. These atypical disorders are less well known, yet they are becoming more common. In a society where image is synonymous with beauty, anorexia and bulimia are a health problem with serious consequences.
The current beauty model imposes an increasingly thin body and the industry, in this sense, is becoming stronger: publications of diets and miracle products, techniques to shape the figure..., which generates great economic benefits at the expense of making to many people slaves of their bodies. The characteristics of anorexia and bulimia have been widely reported in the media in recent years and, in a way, are familiar to the population. But there are other eating disorders, including the so-called unspecified eating disorders (TECANE), binge eating disorders and initial or partial cases of anorexia and bulimia. These atypical disorders are less well known, yet they are becoming more common. In a society where image is synonymous with beauty, anorexia and bulimia are a health problem with serious consequences.
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