, and physiological factors play a role. A. Self-esteem is both a psychological and physiological factor of low self-esteem. B. Girls and young women are most commonly associated with low self-esteem and anorexia. II. “Self-Esteem is how you think and feel about yourself.”(McWilliams and Roger, 361) People can reach low self-esteem levels in a variety of ways. A. People with low self-esteem don’t think they’re worth taking care of. B. Young people’s self-esteem can be effected by parents and peers. III. With low self-esteem, a young girl wants to have the confidence that it seems everyone else has. A. They may develop anorexia because they are dissatisfied with themselves. B. An anorexia will take drastic measures to change her body image in an attempt to fit in. An Conclusion: It has not yet been pin-pointed what the exact cause of anorexia is. Many factors play a role, including self-esteem. Children need to be showed love and caring in order to gain the appropriate levels of self-esteem.
Anorexia is a big issue in society today. Girls and boys are developing anorexic symptoms as young as age five. While anorexia can be detected in boys, girls, men, and/or women of all ages, “the most common ages of onset [remains] between thirteen and twenty-two.”(Levenkron,1) Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder. People who develop anorexia are usually “afraid of becoming obese and [have] such a distorted image of [their] body, that [they] steadfastly [refuse] to eat even when...hungry.”(Mathews, 29) The “[eating] disorder [becomes] a disease...when problems of the mind create problems for the body.” (Levenkron,5) Scientists have been studying and