Stimulated by networks, the obsession for thinness begins earlier and earlier – Health

SÃO PAULO – Yasmin Martinez was not more than 10 years old when he went to internet in search of radical regimes . "I had already decided that I wanted to be thin, I thought it would be accepted," says the young woman, who was bullied at school because of her weight . Between constraints and compulsions, he reached 36 pounds at the age of 15 years. She saw her hair fall and forgot to write a few words. "She looked like a living dead woman, fainting all the time and her lip was purple while everyone was dying of heat."

Today, at age 17, she is recovering from the anorexia that almost cost her life. She remembers what she found. in the nets: support and inspiration to lose weight without stopping. "When I was sick, I went in groups to see pictures of very skinny girls." The content is varied. A quick search on the network is enough to identify the messages of encouragement to hard diets and "perfect" body photos that only exist on screens.

The effects of access to content on thinness among boys and girls hit the doors of clinics and concern specialists. "We are seeing more and more young children presenting themselves with eating disorder symptoms, and when I was 8 or 9 years old, I saw it myself. Are we at the point where 8-year-olds are obsessed with thinness? Where does this come from? ", worries Ana Carolina Costa of Ambulim, Nutritionist, Disorders Program's #################################################################### 39, diet of the Institute of Psychiatry of the University of São Paulo (USP) .

Ambulim offers, among other disorders, a treatment against anorexia and bulimia, eating disorders characterized by an intense concern for weight and a distorted perception of the body. Those who suffer from anorexia eat very little or nothing. The bulimicus has compulsions followed by regret, with induction of vomiting or use of laxatives. Anorexia kills up to 15% of cases.

Although disorders have multiple causes, diets that promise fast and greedy weight loss, such as those published by fitness bloggers and even nutritionists on the Web, may be the trigger, according to the authors. experts. " They ) go to cell phones and access all kinds of diets, without nutritionist control.They have this risky behavior for two, three months until they go wrong Evelyn Eisenstein of the Department of Adolescence of the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics (SBP)

According to an ICT Kids study published last year by the Internet Steering Committee in Brazil one in four girls between the ages of 11 and 17 reported having Internet contact, the percentage increased compared to the result of four years ago.The survey, which surveyed 3,102 elderly Brazilian children and adolescents aged 9 to 17, also found that 93% used the cell phone to access the Internet and that 73% used social networks.

On Instagram photos of "lean inspirations "- young people with exposed ribs – have success and the hashtags badociated with extreme thinness accumulate thousands of publications every day. Already in Twitter secret profiles share tips on how to cheat the family about meals and tell, in codes, the saga of weight loss, which includes vomiting use of laxatives and weight loss remedies – all of these practices harmful to health.

Groups related to anorexia and bulimia in WhatsApp encourage long-term fasting efforts. "All united in one goal, focus on the NF ( in food ), focus on beauty, towards extreme thinness, towards perfection", indicates the description of one of them, which brings together 257 participants from Brazil and even from abroad. "I'm 12. I'm worried about my weight for a while," said one. "In my case, ( anorexia ) started early, type 9, 10 years old," commented another.

The more the number of bones appeared and the decrease in the number of scales increasing, the more pleasure was felt. But it was antagonistic. I wanted to lose weight and it was never enough. Feelings were rollercoaster