Seeking to take care of your body by consuming certain foods in moderation is one thing; over-controlling one’s diet is a disorder that should not be taken lightly. The eating disorders do not spare the celebrities, who show an iron will to get by.
When food becomes the center of concern
These control diseases what are theanorexia (drastic food restriction), bulimia (attacks of excessive food intake followed by compensatory measures, such as exercise or vomiting) andhyperphagie, can affect anyone, from adolescent girls to middle-aged men, although women between 15 and 17 are still the most affected. TCA (eating disorders).
Genetic, affective, psychic, socio-cultural, or family factors must be taken into account in order to better understand these diseases for which life events sometimes serve as a trigger.
The look of others also has an impact, which is why movements such as body positivism are important in order to make people aware that each body is beautiful and thus to avoid giving complexes and encouraging disease control body weight and appearance.
Anorexia, bulimia, the stars also victims of this scourge
The visibility of stars is sometimes hard to manage. The career and the image that weigh on their shoulders sometimes lead them to have extreme behavior with food.
Lily Collins, who previously said she struggled with adolescent anorexia, spoke candidly about her battle with eating disorders on the podcast “ Make It Reign “. She declares that the therapy which she followed for several years as well as her relatives and in particular her companion helped her in this fight.
For Marie Lopez, alias Enjoyphoenix, it is her participation in Dance with the stars, a program for which she was eager to feel good about herself, which would have triggered this disorder. Demi Lovato confided that food was the biggest challenge of her life and that her emotions dictated her food intake more than she would like.
And since eating disorders don’t just affect men, Elton John said he’s been bulimic for six years. Paranoid about his weight, however, he couldn’t stop eating.
If the road is sometimes long, it is essential to talk about it, to be accompanied in this fight and to try to get out of it.
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