Eating disorders generally affect women in their teens to mid 20's. ... Many anorexics are white middle or upper-middle class young women in their teens or early twenties, but some anorexics come from entirely different backgrounds. ... Anorexic thoughts and behaviors encourage self-destructiveness and make it harder for anorexics to give up their self-starvation to choose life over a living or actual death. ... People were turning their heads and that "high" got even higher. ...

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I hardly saw any one dressed in head to toe clothes. ... It is giving not only the younger children but also the adults a wrong message. A lot of the teens are now wearing push up bras just so they could show some cleavage just like the women they see in the magazine and this has been very normal to do. ...

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Being physically active is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. Individuals who participate in moderate or vigorous intensity physical activity can reduce their risk for disease and premature death (USDHHS, 1996). Physical activity has been shown to have the following health benefits: Reduces the risk of dying prematurely. Reduces the risk of heart disease. Reduces the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. ...

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