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Another model has fallen victim to the fashion industry’s and society’s obsession with uber skinniness and died from complications because of anorexia. Brasilera Ana Carolina Reston, 21, died Tuesday this week in a Sao Paulo hospital from a generalized infection caused by anorexia. Ana Carolina, who stood at about 5 feet 8 inches, weighed only 88 pounds at the time of her death. This weight is considered normal, but only if you’re a 12-year-old girl no more than about 5 feet tall.
Additionally Ana Carolina’s body-mass-index was 13.5 while the World Health Organization considers anyone with a BMI below 18.5 underweight. A BMI below 17.5 being one of the criteria for the diagnosis of anorexia nervosa and a BMI nearing 15 is usually used as an indicator for starvation.

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