August 13, 2011

The Scary Trend of Tweens with Anorexia

Olga C. -- In March 2006, when Michele Walker's 10-year-old daughter decided to quit gymnastics which was a relief for her mother , her mother thought she was a great Gymnast but the problem was that her doughter had been practing 14 -16 hours a day and she always came home with injuries in her ankles and knees . when she quit gymnastics, Shae began to feeel a little bit fat , the girl had gained about a pound or two but she looked healthy and it wasnt really noticable . But that pound or two began to bother Shae. "I'd been around all these older girls at the gym who were always saying things like 'Oh, I'm so fat,' and I started to worry that once I quit gymnastics, I would get fat, too," After six months all the worrying became an obsession , she had began to stop eating sweets , chips, meat ,and dairy all she ate was salad . After she finished her food she would run up to her room and do crunshes and jumping -jacks for two hours streight , She couldn't watch TV without doing push-ups or running on the treadmill at the same time . Her father first thought she was just going into puberty because he never thought that her ten year old doughter would be gong through anerexia but hopfully her parents took her to the doctor were they found out that her body temperature was too low and that she was dehidrated so she had to stay in the hospital for two weeks and got to save their doughter now she has stopped obssesing over her weight and is trying to get used to eating .

i think that girls should love themselves and who they are , they should eat healthy but still try to eat a little bit of fat like ships or maybe go out like 1 every two weeks or once a month maybe but girls should never suffer from their weight , but not just girls , boys should also love themselves . its hard to see teenagers suffer from this sicknes but mostly it breaks my heart to see little kids from seven through ten year old kids suffer from this . its just really sad seeing people suffer from this sicknes and i have also seen people that have died from this and its just sad , my mom had told me that when she was little it was alot different because back them lots of kids were really sinny but kids at school bothered them because they were really skinny and they would tell them to gain a fe pounds because they looked like a stick and it was pretty for them , so its wierd how kids know think they might look prettier if they wear a size 0 .

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