Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders
INTRODUCTION
Attention Getter Do you like what you see when you look in the mirror? Imagine looking in the mirror and you see something other than what is truly there. That is a nightmare that many women suffering with eating disorders live with everyday. No matter how pretty or slim they are, all they can see is ugly and obese in that mirror.
Thesis Statement Eating disorders affect millions of people every year, and can even result in death. I will explain what a eating disorder is, their characteristics, complications and what some of the most common types seen today are.
Purpose The purpose of this speech is to inform the audience of the different types of eating disorders and how they can be life-threatening and harmful to the body.
Preview We will first learn the meaning of a eating disorder, then learn of three different types of disorders along with there characteristics and complications.
BODY
I. What is an Eating Disorder?
A. Eating disorders (Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia)- are a group of conditions characterized by abnormal eating habits that may involve either insufficient or excessive food intake to the detriment of an individual 's physical and emotional health, binge eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa being the most common specific forms in the United States. 1. This disorder was primarily thought to only affect females, but has been known to also affect males. 2. In the United States, as many as 10 million females and 1 million males are fighting a life and death battle with an eating disorder such as anorexia or bulimia. Millions more are struggling with binge eating disorder. (NEDA)
B. Eating disorders have been around for many centuries. 1. Eating disorders were extremely rare until the late twentieth century.
2. A physician by the name of William Stout Chipley published the first ever paper on "sitomania" in 1859. Sitomania was
INTRODUCTION
Attention Getter Do you like what you see when you look in the mirror? Imagine looking in the mirror and you see something other than what is truly there. That is a nightmare that many women suffering with eating disorders live with everyday. No matter how pretty or slim they are, all they can see is ugly and obese in that mirror.
Thesis Statement Eating disorders affect millions of people every year, and can even result in death. I will explain what a eating disorder is, their characteristics, complications and what some of the most common types seen today are.
Purpose The purpose of this speech is to inform the audience of the different types of eating disorders and how they can be life-threatening and harmful to the body.
Preview We will first learn the meaning of a eating disorder, then learn of three different types of disorders along with there characteristics and complications.
BODY
I. What is an Eating Disorder?
A. Eating disorders (Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia)- are a group of conditions characterized by abnormal eating habits that may involve either insufficient or excessive food intake to the detriment of an individual 's physical and emotional health, binge eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa being the most common specific forms in the United States. 1. This disorder was primarily thought to only affect females, but has been known to also affect males. 2. In the United States, as many as 10 million females and 1 million males are fighting a life and death battle with an eating disorder such as anorexia or bulimia. Millions more are struggling with binge eating disorder. (NEDA)
B. Eating disorders have been around for many centuries. 1. Eating disorders were extremely rare until the late twentieth century.
2. A physician by the name of William Stout Chipley published the first ever paper on "sitomania" in 1859. Sitomania was