Eating disorders are so common in America that 1 or 2 out of every 100 students will struggle with one. Each year, thousands of teens develop eating disorders, or problems with weight, eating, or body image. Eating disorders are more than just going on a diet to lose weight or trying to exercise every day.
Originally, this holiday started in Orleans, France. When the french came to America, they brought this tradition with them to New Orleans. The reason it is called mardi gras â¦ is because in french that means Fat Tuesday. Fat Tuesday is right before Lent, and during Lent people fast.
Mobile is Mardi Grasâ birthplace, and it began as a demure French-Catholic tradition. However, its first official Carnival association began in 1711 with the Boeuf Gras Society (Fatted Ox Society) in Mobile. They paraded through the streets with a huge bullâs head pushed along on wheels by 16 men.