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World of Anorexics Television and magazine advertising show the images of glamorous and thin models everywhere. Thousands of teenagers are starving themselves every day in an effort to attain what the fashion industry considers to be the “ideal” figure. However, an average female model weighs approximately 23% less than the recommended weight for a woman (Pirke and Ploog, 1984). Maintaining a weight 20% below ones expected body weight fits the criteria for the emotional eating disorder known as anorexia. Although many frequently hear this term, do we actually know what anorexia is, why one becomes anorexic, and the effects of becoming anorexic. By definition an anorexia is a nervous lose of appetite. According to Pirke and Ploog, most researchers and physicians now believe that anorexia has existed for at least 300 years. The development of anorexia usually peaks between