In an article publish by USA Today in 2007 explain that Dr. Richard Kreipe a medical director at the Western New York Comprehensive Care Center for Eating Disorders in Rochester had a strange request from another student at the same school. She wanted to know, “how much weight she would have to lose to be anorexic, just like the wealthy, thin, popular — and very sick — girl who had entered into treatment previously that year. Some teenagers think "If they become thin, or get an eating disorder, they will be popular," said Kreipe, the medical director at the Western New York Comprehensive Care Center for Eating Disorders in Rochester. Is that the case today in high schools around the world? There is always that group of girls who are pretty and every boy seems to have a crush on them.
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She mentions a girl named Renee who said, “I was a teenager and wanting to be thin, wanting to fit in,” Renee said “And the thought was, if I could just get anorexia it would be easy, and that’s a very wrong thought.” Eating disorders can be an easy way out for some people such as Renee, a high school girl who only wanted to fit
She mentions a girl named Renee who said, “I was a teenager and wanting to be thin, wanting to fit in,” Renee said “And the thought was, if I could just get anorexia it would be easy, and that’s a very wrong thought.” Eating disorders can be an easy way out for some people such as Renee, a high school girl who only wanted to fit