Salut i Força: anorexia and bulimia

The main article in this month's edition of the magazine Salut i Força is dedicated to anorexia and bulimia. It explains that in the last ten years the number of people affected by this feeding problems has multiplied and this is considered to be very serious since they can produce death to those suffering them. Normally these are teenage girls -the percentage of boys is only 10 per cent- who are influenced by the world of fashion and beauty.

The digital edition of the magazine includes other outstanding articles such as one by Antoni Trias (biologist), in the section about Environmental Health, dedicated to streams; one by Kim Forteza (sports director of Mega Sport), that is in the Sports section and deals with the Cross-training method.

The person interviewed in this number of Salut i Força is Jaume Orfila, internist, vicepresident of the Colegio de Médicos de Balears.

More information on: www.salut.org

Datum: 21/09/2001

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