Being in shape is very much in trend in the United States of America and everybody is increasingly becoming more and more conscious about how they look and how they can workout to make sure heads turn when they walk the carpet.
It is what everyone says "The In thing".
And above that we have Hollywood that makes a big impact on the minds of people of US.
With obesity being one of the most talked about health problems of America, people are switching to gyms and dieting plans to make sure they remain fit.
However, people don't realize that anything in excess or too little can hurt you, and balancing your diet is the mantra of dieting.
If teenage boys are getting more conscious about flexing and gaining muscles to give themselves a hunk appearance, teenage girls are on spree to slim themselves to make sure they look like a photocopy of supermodel they idolize.
We are so much involved into getting slim that we do all the possible ways to get slim, which is now turning into a disaster called Anorexia Nervosa.
Well, it's a kind of eating disorder characterized by extremely low body weight and body image distortion.
It occurs due to voluntary starvation, excessive exercise and taking diet pills or diuretic drugs.
It has a range of ill effects like extreme low weight, headaches, always feeling cold, slow heart rate, thinning of hair, constipation, reduction of white blood cells, tooth decay, dry skin and so on.
Emotionally one suffers from low self esteem, phobia of becoming overweight and mood swings.
Research has confirmed that anorexia nervosa causes from biological, social and psychological factors which the patient sees, hears and feels around themselves.