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The Intertwining of Ballet with Anorexia

In the 1870s, the first diagnosis ever of anorexia nervosa was made by British doctors. Catherine of Siena was reported to eat only herbs, and sometimes she would “take a twig and stick it down her throat so that she could vomit” (“A Brief History of Eating Disorders”). In the modern world, every magazine, every television show, and even in school, there are beautiful slim girls that seem to just have it all. They appear to be popular, are always happy, and have perfect bodies. Therefore, it is not uncommon nowadays that thousands of girls that are just beginning to go through adolescence feel that to be these perfect girls, they also have to be thin. Consequently, they turn to anorexia. For these modern Catherines, salads become their “herbs” and their fingers become their “twigs.” Although, anorexia affects many people throughout the world, a select group, young female ballet dancers who are molded into thinking......

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