Alimentary problems

By Men Aparecida Silva

The alimentary upsets are real and they are increasing in a frightening way all over the world. The women are the main victims of these upsets because they correspond to ninety percent of the patients, but according to the scientists, men are also affected by alimentary upsets.

Nowadays, about one percent of the world’s female population, from eighteen to forty years old, has a difficult relationship with food. Most of the patients have the first symptoms at the end of adolescence or after the forties in case of the women near menopause. A research shows that out of 279 adolescents interviewed at a private school in São Paulo, twenty-nine percent have some alimentary upsets: some ate too much (compulsion), others didn’t eat anything (anorexia) and other youngsters ate too much during meals and afterwards they threw up (bulimia).

All people would like to have a perfect silhouette because this will allow them to get social success. Besides, the media increases this aspect showing that the people who work out have more possibilities to have a better appearance. You can improve it not only by working out but by eating right.

On the other hand, people who go on a diet should not forget that extreme dieting can result in many serious health problems which usually need long medical treatment because the alimentary upsets (compulsion, anorexia and bulimia) are caused by biological and social factors as a whole. The adolescents, who look up to the models that appear to be extremely thin but happy and powerful on television, want to look like them.

In conclusion, I think that the people should take care to have a healthy life, working out and eating enough to keep their body and mind on balance.