Issues across borders

Anorexia and Bulimia

Spanish Written by Susana Huerta
Courier Staff

Translated to English by Luis Oviedo
Contributing Writer

Introducción
Todos comemos diferente. Algunos mas que otros. Algunos pueden acumular peso mas fácil que otros. Si tenemos algún desorden alimenticio, dañamos nuestra salud a causa de:
- Comer mucho
- Comer muy poco
Usar medios nocivos para deshacerse de las calorías acumuladas.

Introduction
All of us have different eating habits. Some eat more than others. Also, some individuals can retain more weight than others. These kinds of disorders can seriously damage your health and can cause:
- Eating in large quantities or you eat less
These individual tend to go to drastic measures to lose weight.

 

Anorexia Nerviosa
Es un desorden psicológico que usualmente ocurre en jovencitas, el cual se caracteriza por el temor a engordar, viéndose gordo a si mismo, conteniendo así a dejar de comer.
Esta enfermedad es causa de vómitos, ejercicios en exceso, mala alimentación, y otros cambios físicos.
La anorexia se presenta en una de cada 15 jovencitas y en uno de cada 1000 jovencitos.

Anorexia Nerviosa
This is a physiological disorder that usually occurs in young women. This usually sets in from a fear of getting fat and many have warped ideas of what they look like and stop and change there eating habits. Many have self-induced vomiting, exercise in excess and begin to change physically. Anorexia begins around adolescents and it effects one in every 15 young girls however one in every 1000 young boys get this ailment. 

 

Bulimia
Es un desorden en el cual las características principales son los atracones (comer excesivamente) y resentimientos por haber comido en exceso.

Estas enfermedades se empiezan aproximadamente en la pubertad alrededor de los 15 anos en los jóvenes.

Bulimia
This disorders characteristics are the opposite of anorexia. Many start to eat in excesses and then they self induce vomiting and also have resentment about eating. These disorders tend to start around adolescence.
 

 

Razones:
- No tener control sobre la comida
- La pubertad
- La familia
- Depresión

The reasons:
- Some can not control there food intake.
- Puberty and self image are low.
- Family pressure to be thin
- Depression

Topics in “Issues across the borders” are current interests and concerns Huerta and Oviedo have found among MC students.