Regarding the lack of control over anorexia, there continue to be discoveries about the brain with anorexia and the change made to the brain after a prolonged eating disorder. Author Rosen has discovered new findings about anorexia and can explain the involvement of the brain which sheds light on the study of eating disorders. Recent research conducted with brain imaging of people with eating disorders is leading to many changes in the way we look at mental illnesses. The author introduces Walter Kaye, director of an eating disorder program at the University of California, San Diego. Kelsey Heenan, a 20-year-old anorexic woman, thought she was responsible for her lifelong mental illness was mentioned. Brain scans show that there are differences between a healthy brain and an anorexic one. The study consisted of unexpectedly receiving rewards and omitting rewards, receiving a small amount of sugar as a reward. In the brain of a person with anorexia, the brain activity between reception and omission was no different. There was, however, much more brain activity than in the brain of a healthy person and the brain of an obese person. Anorexics are wired differently; some areas of their brain are insensitive to taste and even pain. Kaye knows that starvation causes brain changes, so more testing needs to be done to see if the brain change causes mental illness or vice versa. (Rosen 22) These discoveries through brain imaging can alleviate many self-doubts in patients, which are created by society. It is not their fault that they suffer from this disorder and if it does not go away, but gets worse, it is all because the brain functions have been damaged. The research of Dr. Carrie E. Landa and Jane A. Bybee focused on the brain of...... middle of paper, and the brain is controlled by this language which in turn degrades a woman's self-esteem especially during puberty. During adolescent development the brain is still developing and, in my words, is influenced profoundly, the diet begins in this period as a social norm and, depending on the girls' exposure to society in that period, it can be influenced from continuing the diet, which can lead to more serious problems such as anorexia. There are not many therapies that work to solve the health problems of these girls, those in use focus on mental health and understanding emotions, but these treatments do not give the girl her life back, she will never fully recover. More medical research and treatment options should be developed to influence brain changes as they were before anorexia so that eating disorders can be eliminated permanently.