Nowadays people have become very conscious over their figure like never before. Especially the teenagers are just going crazy to lose their weight. They believe that being overweight or healthy is not in fashion. So they try to do anything just to be in shape.
The problem with today’s teens is that they like to apt or follow their role models (any famous actor or model).It is more common in teenage girls (affecting almost 1% of adolescent girls).This trend is increasing day by day. As many of these girls wants to be super thin they enrolls themselves in different gyms to be in proper shape. Today gyms are growing like mushrooms in every corner of our city. And this can be seen not only in metros but also in small towns. It has become an industry today. Many people are involved in this growing industry.
These adolescent girls are having a wrong notion in their mind that they are overweight even though they are at a proper or healthy weight. So they religiously skip their meals, fasts a whole day. They engage themselves in heavy workout, weight training etc.
With the intention of becoming slim these girls often faces some serious health problems like:
· Anorexia
· Bulimia
· Diabetes
· Purging behavior
· Amenorrhea
The complications arises from these diseases are eating disorders, constipation, dental erosions, fainting from low blood pressure, anemia, electrolyte disorders, decreased energy, changes in mood, osteoporosis, sleeping disorders, heart failure, suicide and even death.
These teens require medical and mental interventions. Parents should guide their children and make them understand that being healthy is not a problem at all if it is not doing harm on their health.