Activity anorexia is when someone has limited access to
food, say an hour or two once a day, and unlimited access to exercise. The less
they eat the more they want to exercise. Inversely, the more they exercise the
less they want to eat leading to a nasty cycle of weight loss. This problem is magnified in the world of
ballet. Then it is reinforced by people telling these women how beautiful they
are and how thin they are while the ballerinas put in hours and hours of work
in each day. Nova, a PBS show has an episode “Dying to be Thin” which takes a
good look into this world. It is a really good show to see how the individuals
handle these situations, what their treatment can look like and how the
psychology of treating the disorder works.
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