Why is anorexia dangerous?

Answer 1

Anorexia is dangerous because it can severely damage the body by depriving it of needed nutrients. Anorexic people have a distorted picture of themselves as fat and don't know they have a problem which is dangerous.

Anorexia is a disorder of the mind. It's victims suffer because they constantly feel worn out and hungry, but they cannot eat because it makes them feel guilty, and they fear any intake of food will make them fat, although most anorexic people have very very low BMI's.

Beyond that, they are always grumpy/ tired - energy comes from food - they are not emotionally or physically sound, so anorexia affects relationships and everyday life.

There is usually an overriding sense of fear, which makes sufferers scared that they might lose control over their body by talking about their problem to others. Those who are close to suffers of anorexia commonly do not know how to react to the situation.

Physically, the body is deprived of calories. If this persists, a sufferer may have so little fat that hormone production shuts down and and their hair, skin and nails get really ugly, dry, and brittle. The ceasing of hormone production can cause a loss of menstrual periods, which can cause sterility. It can also cause the development of osteoporosis at a young age - 20's or 30's

Anorexia is not only dangerous, it's a disease.

It is very dangerous because this disease that takes over your mind can kill you if you allow it to, but don't get medical attention immediately in-case of faintness or other symptoms.

Those who suffers this disorder should seek medical help and/or counsel support from a professional or a support group.

Answer 2

Anorexia is bas for a multitude of reasons. First off, it is a disease (both mental and physical). Every disease or disorder is bad in some way or another. Anorexia is actually a very deadly disorder. It ravages a person's mind mentally, causing distress, isolation, depression, and many other negative factors. Anorexia is also very bad physically. In the simplest way to phrase it, a person is starving. Their body is lacking the nutrients it needs. This can cause weight loss, fatigue, organ malfunction / failure, hair loss, skin problem, dizziness, and many other harmful side effects. Anorexia also has a high rate of death as a result of the disease or as a result of a complication (such as heart failure).

Answer 3

Anorexia is very dangerous. It is awful for a person to have to suffer through the pain and torment of the disease, and it can be damaging to the body and devasting to the individual and those close to them. Anorexia is dangerous, and can even be fatal.

Answer 4

Anorexia can cause malnutrition. It also causes energy deficiency in the body, because energy in the body comes from food. Commonly, anorexic people are tired and moody because of this lack of food.

Anorexia that goes untreated can cause such a severe loss of fat that hormonal growth, including the menstrual period in women, is stopped. This can cause sterility. The lack of protein intake can cause the nails and skin to become very dry and brittle. Anorexia can also cause osteoporosis.

Anorexia tends to be coupled with depression, which is dangerous in itself.

Ten percent of those suffering anorexia die.

Death is more common if the disease goes untreated.

Those who have anorexia, and those who suspect someone close to them may be suffering from it, should seek professional help immediately.

Think about it, its not that difficult to work out why not eating is bad for you.

Answer 5

Eating disorders are dangerous for many reasons. Primarily they can be very detrimental to the human body and to the health of an individual. Eating disorders are also very harmful mentally and can lead to death in about 15% of all occurances.
because it unbalance the salt and sugar in your body
By not eating right, your body isn't getting all the nutrients it needs. Therefore, it tries to make up for it by taking them from other places in your body such as fat and muscle. Which is bad because unlike what many people think, you need fat, and you obviously need your muscle in tact. The lack of nutrients can also effect organs such as the heart, because it must work harder. Side effects of eating disorders include, yellow teeth, malnutrition, and heart attacks are a risk, and other serious problems.

Answer 6

They're not just risky, they're life threatening, is is important for someone to have more than 1200 calories a day, so their body can function like it is supposed to.

Anorexia is where you eat very little calories, it varies, from about 200 to 700 calories a day, it is dependent on the person.

If you were to eat that many calories per day your body will go into starvation mode, meaning everything you eat your body will hold onto, your metabolism will slow down, making it harder to lose weight.

Once you begin eating normally again, you gain weight like crazy.

The risks are usually

-kidney failure

-loss of menstrual cycle

-dizziness

-always tired

-extreme loss of weight

-low blood pressure

There are many more side effects, same for bulimia, except in bulimia you binge quite frequently, normally consuming then an average 2000 calories a day, they would eat allot more than that, then purge (throw up) after, when you throw up, bile come up with it, bile is the acid in your stomach, it damages teeth severely, which is another risk.

either way, both eating disorders are very dangerous, and life threatening

Answer 7

it can kill you, effect the way your brain works, your bones will crumble, you will have no strength inn youe muscles , your hair will fall out, you will pass out alot, you will always feel tired, your heart will give out, you can even get cacer. So basically you die slowly and painfully x_x

Answer 8

Without eating your body does not get the nutrition and energy that it needs to function.