In this article, it stated how the youngest child diagnosed with anorexia is 6 years old. I found that fact extremely surprising. When we think about anorexia, we don't really associate it amongst young children, but really only associate it with teenagers and young adults. There are about 60,000 to 90,000 adults being treated for anorexia at any time in the UK; however, we can see the disease spreading, with the article stating how 206 pre-teenaged children were admitted with the disease of anorexia or bulimia. To have this many children already fall to the holds of this disease is unacceptable.
Due to the insane social standards people are placed on today with being skinny and thin, many children are falling victims of diseases like anorexia and bulimia. In the stories, Holy Anorexia and Holy Feast Holy Fast, we see that the women in that time period were starving themselves for the reward of sainthood. On the other hand, in present day, women are doing the same thing instead for the reward of being socially beautiful. Today, it seems that physical looks are being weighed as heavily as sainthood did in the past. Even young six year olds feel the pressure of being thin and beautiful, under the standards of society.
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