If anorexia nervosa is not treated or diagnosed, it can lead to hospitalization, health issues, and even death. The reason behind this is because people suffering from anorexia lack healthy diet solutions and nutrition. About two or three percent of suffers are fifty-six times more likely to commit suicide than people not suffering from the mental illness. Hospitalizations caused from anorexia are most likely to happen to young children under the age of twelve years old. People suffering the illness make themselves vomit after meals almost every day and take laxatives to help them lose more weight. (https://www.mirror-mirror.org/eating-disorders-statistics.htm) …show more content…
Most teenagers get their anorexia issues from their surrounding peers, other disorders such as anxiety, low self- esteem, and depression. Social media has a huge effect on anorexia because it is full of public figures such as famous models, singers, dancers, etc. Some famous celebrities get pressured and payed to keep their good- looking bodies. They brag about their unhealthy diet solutions, causing young people to get the wrong advice on body imaging and health. This convinces young minds that their body sizes and images are not perfect enough. Some teenagers also obsess over what their peers on the internet think about their