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Rising Incidence of Eating Disorders in Japan: A Growing Social Concern
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Recently, the incidence of ‘eating disorders’, such as weight loss due to restricted eating, has increased significantly in Japan, becoming a social problem.
According to Japan’s CBC Television on the 6th, Watanabe Yuan (18), who lives in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, suffered from anorexia when she was in the 6th grade in elementary school. At the time, Watanabe was 155cm tall and weighed 26kg, and so thin that his bones could barely be seen.
Watanabe said, “When I saw pictures of skinny people, I thought, ‘I can’t do this.’ I thought of it as a game, wondering how much I could reduce the number.” He added, “I gradually fell in love with the pleasure of losing weight.”
Watanabe continued to lose weight by severely limiting the amount of food he ate. As a result, my health began to decline to the point where I was repeatedly hospitalized and discharged during my elementary and middle school years. It is said that as the stress increased, emotional problems arose.
Fortunately, Watanabe was able to overcome his anorexia by starting a ‘vegan diet’ in his first year at high school on his mother’s recommendation, and is now almost cured. His mother complained, “I know that an elementary school child’s life is in danger because he or she suffers from anorexia, but it was very difficult not to be able to do anything for him.”
Unlike Watanabe, who was cured of her eating disorder relatively quickly, there was also a woman in her 30s who had been suffering from an eating disorder for 15 years. Mr. A (33), who lives in Aichi Prefecture, has been obsessed with a thin body since he was a teenager and has barely eaten food for 15 years.
Mr A is currently 158cm tall and weighs 38kg, and has regained some of the weight that had once dropped to 27kg. Mr A said, “In the past, even when I weighed 30kg, I still thought I wanted to lose more weight,” and added, “Ideally my bones would be visible.” “The more I saw my bones, the happier I became and I didn’t know what to do.”
Ultimately, Mr. A, whose weight had dropped to 27 kg at the age of 27, was hospitalized due to a medical condition. I couldn’t walk, couldn’t go to the bathroom by myself, and it became difficult to change clothes. There were times when my pulse slowed and my body temperature dropped to 34 degrees, putting my life in danger.
Currently, he has gained weight by eating small amounts of protein such as meat and fish, but is now said to have developed bulimia. Mr said. And, “Once I eat, I can’t stop, so it’s hard, but I cry and vomit, and then repeat the same thing again.” due to stomach acid). Mr A said, “It’s hard to recover because there are few specialist hospitals and no medicine,” and “I’ve become distant from my friends because of anorexia. Everyday life is completely ruined. “I want to eat normally without thinking about anything,” he said.
According to the Japan Eating Disorder Association, the number of teenage eating disorder patients increased more than 1.5 times during the coronavirus pandemic. Experts analyzed that the fact that teenagers were unable to communicate with their peers and became isolated due to the coronavirus was also a factor.
CBC Television said, “According to the current national survey, there are approximately 240,000 patients with eating disorders, which are mental illnesses,” and “The death rate of eating disorders is approximately 5%, which is known to be the highest among mental illnesses.”
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– Russia’s attack on Ukraine, the relationship between “us” and “them” will affect my work. It is obvious that the contrast between life and work in Prague and what awaits me in Moscow will be very great. Here there is a lot of outward-looking business and contact with society, it will be different in Russia, Kvile told Ringerikes Blad at the time.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Tuesday opposite VG that Kvile is going to the ceremony, where Putin starts his fifth term as president of Russia.
The participation takes place despite the fact that relations between Norway and Russia are very tense due to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, which has been condemned by a majority of the countries in the UN.
According to VG, several countries announced ahead of the ceremony that they would not be present. Among them are Germany, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the reason why Norway nevertheless chose to participate was that they believe it is in Norway’s interest to maintain diplomatic channels with Russia.
– Norway’s relationship with Russia is strongly influenced by Russia’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine, said State Secretary Eivin Vad Peterson (Ap) in a statement to VG on Tuesday.
– Russia is on the wrong side of history. Nevertheless, it is in Norway’s interest to maintain diplomatic channels with our neighboring country, not least in challenging times, in order to be able to deal with important issues of safety at sea, fisheries cooperation and border management. That is why Norway is represented by our ambassador at the presidential inauguration, he added.
Robert Kvile is a highly experienced diplomat and ambassador who has worked in various places around the world for over 20 years. He has previously been ambassador to the Czech Republic, Pakistan and Austria, among others.
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– When the government sends the Norwegian ambassador to Putin’s inauguration ceremony, this will unfortunately help to legitimize an election that is not at all legitimate, free or fair. What we do know, in any case, is that Russia’s propaganda apparatus will use this for all it’s worth, Ulstein said in an email to NTB on Tuesday morning.
He receives support from Høyre’s Ine Eriksen Søreide.
– I understand very well that there are many considerations to be weighed, and that this is not an easy decision. I still believe that it sends an unfortunate signal that Norway is standing at ambassadorial level for Putin’s reinstatement. The presidential election was neither free nor fair, Putin continues his brutal war against Ukraine and the election came just in the wake of Navalny’s murder, she says in an email to VG.
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