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Meet the Public Face of Anorexia
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
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At least until now! Although Anorexia Nervosa has been known for years, it hasn’t been until now that this eating disorder has brought so much public commotion around the world. This woman is Isabella Caro, and for those that don’t know about her, she just recently turned into the controversial public face of anorexia. Why, you may ask? In Italy, this is Milan Fashion Week, and the Italian designer, Nolita, has decided to celebrate it with various billboards and newspaper ads featuring Isabella to increase awareness about this eating disorder.
Isabella is a 27-year old French woman that has been dealing with anorexia since she was 13 years old. In the picture you see here, she was weighing about sixty-two pounds (28 kilograms) which shockingly has not been her lowest weight. Her daily diet consisted of 2 squares of chocolate and 5 corn flakes. At fifty-five pounds Isabella collapsed into a coma, but the doctors were able to pull her out of it, making her realize she wanted to live a better life.
For some, this brings awareness about the controversy in the modeling industry regarding the female image and how this eating disorder is more popular than what people initially thought. Sadly for others this campaign glorifies the disease, making her the image to achieve with so little fat.
Here in the Unites States it is estimated that about 0.5-1% of females develop Anorexia Nervosa. That may not sound much, but with a female population of 143.4 million (based on latest census), these numbers translate in about 717,000–1.43 million women and about 40% of these females are between 15-19 years old. Although most of the affected are women, about 10% of those diagnosed are males and the disorder has even been identified in children as young as 7 years old.
Ivelisse, BS, LD/N
Nutrition Specialist
Take care, take control and Enjoy!
Labels: appetite, emotions, Media, Mental Health, weight loss
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