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Body Wraps are elastic/plastic/or rubber garments ranging from belts to body suits worn during exercise or daily activities. Some are soaked in amino acids, herbs, etc and promise to open pores to let fat toxins escape. Garments that are not full body are "spot resulting". They do result in weight lose, but not in fat lose because they make you lose water because they compress and heat in a spot so you sweat more.

Body dysmorphic disorder is where a person thinks a specific body part has an issue. Can lead to depression, poor nutrition, anorexia, or bulimia. Associated with surgery risks. Males are concerned with muscularity, height, genitals and thinning hair. Females are worried about their body size, buttocks, breasts, thighs, facial features, and body hair. Males do extreme body building which effects consumption of sports supplements, bad eating habits, and some illegal drugs. Females are at risk for anorexia nervosa. To fix the disorder they should go to cognitive behavioral therapy and maybe use medications. People usually get it because companies make models very skinny, etc.

Chemicals and supplements: Appetite suppresant/energy boosters have chemicals that act on central immune system. In the short term, one may lose a couple of pounds, but they have side effects such as psychiatric, temperature-control, and gastrointestinal problems. Hoodia gordonii is a South African plant that is supposed to give a feeling of fullness, but a chemical, triatricol can cause strokes and heart problems. Fat burners or fat blockers claim to oxidize fat storage using chemicals, but it is ineffective.