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Children as young as five are receiving treatment for eating disorders, according to data from the British National Health Service.
In past three years, 98 children between the age of five and seven were hospitalized for anorexia, while another 99 youngsters between eight and nine visited specialists for the same problem.
The number increased as children got older, and reached 1,900 for 10 to 15-year-olds.
Susan Ringwood, an official from eating disorder charity Beat, told local reporters: “Girls see pictures in magazines of extremely thin women and think that is how they should be.
“This can leave them fearful of puberty, and almost trying to stave it off,” she added.
A recent survey by the YMCA revealed that almost half of girls had been on a diet before the age of fourteen, the Daily Mail reported.
“As a society we are far more obsessed with body image compared with 20 years ago. They are becoming preoccupied with what they eat and developing an unhealthy relationships with food,” and official from YMCA said.
By Kang Yoon-seung
(koreacolin@gmail.com)
Intern reporter
In past three years, 98 children between the age of five and seven were hospitalized for anorexia, while another 99 youngsters between eight and nine visited specialists for the same problem.
The number increased as children got older, and reached 1,900 for 10 to 15-year-olds.
Susan Ringwood, an official from eating disorder charity Beat, told local reporters: “Girls see pictures in magazines of extremely thin women and think that is how they should be.
“This can leave them fearful of puberty, and almost trying to stave it off,” she added.
A recent survey by the YMCA revealed that almost half of girls had been on a diet before the age of fourteen, the Daily Mail reported.
“As a society we are far more obsessed with body image compared with 20 years ago. They are becoming preoccupied with what they eat and developing an unhealthy relationships with food,” and official from YMCA said.
By Kang Yoon-seung
(koreacolin@gmail.com)
Intern reporter
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미취학 아동 거식증 증가추세, 이유는 연예인?
영국인들 중 만5세 정도 밖에 안된 아이들도 식이장애를 겪고 있다는 사실이 영국국가보건서비스 (National Health Service)의 통계자료 분석 결과 나타났다.
지난 3년 동안, 거식증으로 병원을 방문한 5세에서 7세 사이의 아이들은 98명이었으며, 이는 나이가 들면서 점점 증가하는 추세를 보였다. 만 10세에서 15세 사이의 아이들은 무려 1,900명이었다.
식이장애 관련 시민단체인 Beat의 한 관계자는 “여자아이들은 잡지에서 비정상적으로 마른 여자들을 보고 자신도 이렇게 되야 하는 것으로 착각하고 있다”고 주장했다.
만 14세가 되기 전 다이어트를 경험해 본 여성의 비율이 무려 절반이나 된다는 사실을 밝혀낸 YMCA의 관계자도 “오늘 날 사회는 20년 전과 비교해보았을 때 몸에 대한 강박관념이 훨씬 심해졌다”고 말했다.
미취학 아동 거식증 증가추세, 이유는 연예인?
영국인들 중 만5세 정도 밖에 안된 아이들도 식이장애를 겪고 있다는 사실이 영국국가보건서비스 (National Health Service)의 통계자료 분석 결과 나타났다.
지난 3년 동안, 거식증으로 병원을 방문한 5세에서 7세 사이의 아이들은 98명이었으며, 이는 나이가 들면서 점점 증가하는 추세를 보였다. 만 10세에서 15세 사이의 아이들은 무려 1,900명이었다.
식이장애 관련 시민단체인 Beat의 한 관계자는 “여자아이들은 잡지에서 비정상적으로 마른 여자들을 보고 자신도 이렇게 되야 하는 것으로 착각하고 있다”고 주장했다.
만 14세가 되기 전 다이어트를 경험해 본 여성의 비율이 무려 절반이나 된다는 사실을 밝혀낸 YMCA의 관계자도 “오늘 날 사회는 20년 전과 비교해보았을 때 몸에 대한 강박관념이 훨씬 심해졌다”고 말했다.
