Starving for Perfection, the Cost of Anorexia Nervosa There are countless people in this modern society who suffer from eating disorders. By forcing one to be part of a society where it is more meaningful to be thinner than healthier and fitter, the media perpetuates and fuels the strong sentiment that women must be thin to be desirable. With the media affirming the standards of what a beautiful woman should look like to enter into a relationship and emphasizing how undesirable fat is, new disorders are emerging. And here comes anorexia nervosa, a new, unprecedented disease. Women and men suffer to achieve the deception of the perfect body image until anorexia nervosa sacrifices their existence. The desire to be the perfect ideal figures we see on TV and in magazines; it groups minds by what reality is and how it is represented. The difficulties of living with an eating disorder are immeasurable and difficult to understand, hunger and excessive exercise all in the name of achieving the perfect physique. But is it really a success?! Anorexia nervosa is a new disorder that affects the state of mind and is characterized by actions taken to lose weight in the name of a better physical appearance. The disorder is strictly psychological and aims to achieve self-acceptance and complacency with a thin body image that is actually unhealthy and dangerous to one's life. People with this disease have such a distorted sense of self that they cannot help but see their bodies as fat when in reality they are not. The perception of themselves as fat leads people with anorexia nervosa to lose as much weight as possible by limiting their food intake. This psychological condition is so strong that... middle of paper... Better Health Channel. "Anorexia nervosa." Better healthcare channel. Np, October 2013. Web. April 18, 2014. .Penn State Hershey. "Anorexia nervosa." Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Np, 14 February 2013. Web. 18 April 2014. .Sidiropoulos, Michael. "Anorexia Nervosa: the physiological consequences of starvation and the need for primary prevention efforts". McGill Journal of Medicine 10.1 (2007): 20-25. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Network. April 18, 2014. University of Maryland. "Anorexia nervosa." University of Maryland Medical Center. Np, 14 February 2013. Web. 18 April. 2014. .