Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder where a person tries to keep their weight as low as possible- it is also classes as a serious mental health condition. It usually develops from anxiety about body weight and shape, and often a person has a desire to be thin or a fear of being overweight. Often people with anorexia will exercise a lot/too much, stick to an extreme diet where they don’t eat much and make themselves vomit. It commonly affects females and usually develops around the age of 16 or 17.…
Bulimia Nervosa (BN) is characterized by recurrent episodes of binge eating which is followed by a type of compensatory behavior by purging. Purging, as defined by the Merriam-Webster (2013) dictionary is an act of getting rid of something unwanted. This can be done by self-induced vomiting, ill-use of laxatives, diuretics, and/or other medications as well as fasting and/or excessive exercise. Binge eating is the act of eating in a distinct period of time. The amount of food eaten is significantly larger than what most individuals would eat in the same period of time. When eating the individual usually feels a lack of control; one feels as if they cannot control what they eat or how much nor have control over stopping. An individual who participates in binging and purging generally does so in order to lose weight (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).…
Bulimia Nervosa is an eating disorder and a mental health condition. Individuals who have bulimia try and control their weight by restricting the amount of food they eat, they binge eat and purge the food from their body by making themselves sick or use laxatives.…
Anorexia and bulimia are both very harsh psychological and physiological disorders. Anorexia is diagnosed when someone’s body weight is twenty percent below the expected body weight of a healthy person at the same age and height; they show severe malnutrition and believe that they are overweight. There are many causes of Anorexia and Bulimia, but these physiological diseases are usually based off of a couple things. Pressures, for example photos young girls may see on TV, in magazines and online. They may feel like compared to people around them they are more hefty and need to be at the same level as everyone else.…
Bulimia Nervosa: An eating disorder in which a person eats large amounts of food, followed by dangerous measures to control his or her weight. Examples of this are excessive exercise, self-induced vomiting (purging), and the abuse of diuretics and laxatives.…
Individual experiencing Bulimia go on what is called eating binges. Eating binges are when people eat longer amounts of food in less then two hours. (Internet3) Then after they binge they feel guilt or shame so they need to undo their behavior. To undo their behavior they make themselves vomit, or they take laxatives, water pills or starve themselves. (Cauwel21) Binge and poring usually occurs more than two times a week for at least three months. (Internet1)…
Bulimia nervosa usually starts with restriction of food intake that leads to uncontrolled consumption of large amounts of food followed by inappropriate methods of weight control such as self-induced vomiting, abuse of laxatives or excessive exercise. Bulimia and anorexia are kind of the same in certain ways they are both generally thought to be a psychological eating disorder. These are both conditions that go beyond out-of-control dieting. The cycle that you develop while having bulimia can include overeating and purging which can quickly become and obsession similar to an addiction to drugs or other substances. Bulimia can be found in as many as 30% of adolescents. Bulimia nervosa affects 1.5 to 40% of women of different ages and about 10 to 20 % of sufferers are male.…
Anorexia nervosa and Bulimia nervosa are psychiatric disorders characterized by severe disturbances in eating behaviors. Both occur primarily in previously healthy young women who become overly concerned with their body weight and shape. Many patients with Bulimia nervosa have past histories of anorexic behavior. On the other hand, many patients with Anorexia nervosa have histories of binge eating and purging behavior. Both of them are more prevalent in cultures where food is plentiful and in which being thin is associated with attractiveness.…
Bulimia nervosa is a slightly less serious version of anorexia, but can lead to some of the same horrible results. Bulimia involves an intense concern about weight (which is generally inaccurate) combined with frequent cycles of binge eating followed by purging, through self-induced vomiting, unwarranted use of laxatives, or excessive exercising. Most bulimics are of normal body weight, but they are preoccupied with their weight, feel extreme shame about their abnormal behavior, and often experience significant depression. The occurrence of bulimia has increased in many Western countries over the past few decades.…
Specific Purpose : To inform my audience about anorexia nervosa and its impact of having it.…
Bulimia nervosa victims are able to keep a normal body weight, but their fear of gaining extra weight and being considered fat drives this disease. It can be a “potential life-threatening eating disorder” (Mayoclinic.com, 2012). One type of bulimia is when the suffering individual will eat a large amount of food at one time, then they will purge. Purging means to vomit, over use laxatives, or over-exercise (anything to avoid…
Bulimia is one of the most common eating disorders. A person who suffers from bulimia will eat a large quantity of food in a short amount of time, this is also known as binging, then after eating, they will begin to suffer from extreme guilt and try to expel the food from the body by throwing up, using laxatives, or excessive exercise. People who suffer from bulimia may experience tooth decay or tooth loss over time, dry skin, thin hair or dull hair, swollen gums, bloating of the stomach, and lack of energy.…
Bulimia nervosa, also known as bulimia, is an eating disorder that affect people all over the world. Bulimia id characterized by binge eating followed by purging. Binge mean to eat a large amount of food in a short amount of time. Purging mean to try to get rid of the large amount of food consume. It's believe that bulimia is associated with other mental disorder such as depression, anxiety, and problems with drugs and alcohol.…
Eating disorders can be treated psychological and medicinal treatments. Treatment plans often are tailored to the patient 's individual needs that may include medical care and monitoring. Treatment can be in the form of medications; nutritional counseling; and individual, group and/or family psychotherapy. Sometimes victim need to be hospitalized to treat malnutrition or to gain weight, or for other reasons. Anorexia usually takes its toll on girls who are the "perfect ones." Everything in their lives seems to be in order, on schedule, and, literally, perfect. Their desperate need for something to uphold and be proud of and claim as their own is manifest in their ability to control their food intake. Controlling every calorie…
We are all wondering what is Anorexia? Is it a disease that can get cured? Does it have any side effects? These are all questions that lately people are asking, so this science essay is about Anorexia Nervosa I will try to give you as much information as I can.…