Article on Anorexia

I found this article on anorexia. It was written by Scientific American Mind after Christina Ricci said that it was Hollywood's fault she had anorexia when she was younger. The article is a bit long but is interesting if you feel like reading it. Just to give you an idea of what it is about, I have summed it up in a few dot points. The article addresses the:

• question of whether anorexia really is Hollywood's fault (and societies) or is it biological
  
• idea that not eating for people suffering with anorexic becomes addictive, almost like a drug and
• what happens in puberty may affect the person's genes and help develop anorexia, as 40 per cent of people with anorexia are between 15-19 years old.
  

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=addicted-to-starvation

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