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進入《中英對照讀新聞》The anorexia victims aged FIVE 5歲童罹厭食症
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Children as young as five are being treated in hospital for severe anorexia in a shocking illustration of how early they can become obsessed with body image.
年僅5歲的孩童因嚴重的厭食症入院接受治療，這樣的實例令人震驚，小孩在這麼早，就開始執著於身材的形象。
Many idolise ultra-slim models and celebrities they see in magazines and on TV, and try to slim in the hope they will look similar. Girls in particular often compare themselves to their friends and in some cases will even compete to see who can lose the most weight.
許多小孩崇拜雜誌與電視上激瘦的模特兒和名人，為了希望看起來能像偶像而嘗試瘦身。尤其是女生，常常和朋友比較身材，有些甚至比賽誰能夠減重減最多。
Rosi Prescott, chief executive of the YMCA, said：‘As a society we are far more obsessed with body image compared with 20 years ago. ’‘Young people are trying to make themselves look as appealing as possible and they are looking up to these celebrities and models as references, even though many are not real because they have been airbrushed.’
YMCA的執行長羅西．普里斯考特表示，「和20年前比起來，我們現在對身材的形象更執著。」、「年輕人想要讓自己越吸引人越好，而且他們崇尚這些名人和模特的身材，儘管很多照片不是真的，因為已經經過修圖處理。」
Many sufferers of eating disorders hide their problem from family and friends by pretending they have already eaten to avoid meals and wearing baggy clothes to conceal their skeletal shape.
許多有飲食失調問題的民眾對家人和朋友隱瞞病情，假裝已經吃過飯來逃避用餐，或是穿著寬鬆的衣服來掩飾骨瘦如豺的身材。
Doctors believe that anorexia or bulimia is more common in people who are perfectionists, tend to worry a lot or are often depressed.
醫生認為厭食症和暴食症在完美主義者身上較常見，這些人常常擔心太多，或是經常心情沮喪。
新聞辭典
anorexia：厭食症，特別指年輕女性害怕肥胖引起的食慾缺乏，例句：When a person has anorexia, that is a medically dangerous eating disorder.（患有厭食症的人，即是有嚴重的飲食失調問題。）
idolize：崇拜，把…當作偶像，例句：In North Korea, Kim Jun-il is idolized by his people. （北韓許多民眾把金正日當成偶像崇拜。）
airbrush：原指繪畫用的氣筆、噴槍，後衍生為用電腦軟體修改照片，例句：Britney Spears bravely agrees to release un-airbrushed images of herself。（小甜甜布蘭妮勇敢的同意公布她未經修圖的照片。）
