No one is free who is a slave to the body.
Body image is developed and can change.
Because body image is connected to self-esteem. This most recent edition was published by the American Psychiatric Association in 1994. In order to facilitate diagnosis, treatment, and research, all mental health and health professionals use these definitions to classify or diagnose individuals with eating disorders. Anorexia Nervosa 1. Even though underweight, the individual is intensely afraid of gaining weight or of becoming fat.