As for why women choose anorexia, besides the unbearable pressure that society puts on women by inculcating the misguided belief that they must make themselves thinner, "women often habitually use eating as a way to relieve stress and deal with unpleasant feelings. Therefore, women who suffer from eating disorders are particularly common," points out Tseng Mei-chih, a physician in the Department of Psychiatry at National Taiwan University Hospital.
至於為什麼選擇厭食？除了社會上壓得女性透不過氣來的「纖體」迷思外，「女性通常習慣用吃來抒解壓力、處理情緒，因此罹患飲食失調的人也特別多，」台大醫院精神部主治醫師曾美智指出。