Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders
BEH/225
Crystal Poole
LaToshia Stamps
October 31, 2014
Our bodies need nutrients to able to function properly. Every day we consume food in order to provide are body with this nutrition. When you become hungry your primary drive kicks in and you are looking for food to eat. Your body knows that you need it and sends the message for you to eat. Most of the time when someone is hungry they were find something to eat. A lot of things effect what we eat. Some people have a specific diet they follow due to allergies, medical reason, or just watching what they eat. Some people suffer from eating disorders. These disorders have an effect on the amount of food someone is eating. They still have the need to and want to eat but do no let themselves. Most eating disorders start when someone is trying to lose weight. They will start losing some or not losing it fast enough and slowly stop eating so much. Once this causing them to lose weight they keep going.
There are two major eating disorders that occur today. Anorexia nervosa is the refusal to keep their body weight in the normal range recommended based on their height and age (Coon & Mitterer, 2013, Chapter 13). These people have the fear of gaining weight even though they are way under that weight. The second major eating disorder is Bulimia nervosa. Bulimic is when someone ones eats then forcing their selves to vomit or takes a laxative to not gain weight. These people look in the mirror and often see a reflection that is not what they really look like. They seem their selves as looking heavier than they are. Their mind makes them see something other than what they actually look like. Having a eating disorder can effect someone’s health and be very damaging to the body. Often hair loss, kidney damage, tooth erosion, loss of menstrual cycle, and death can happen (Coon & Mitterer, 2013, Chapter 13). Bulimia and anorexia are more common in women than men. The number of men with eating
BEH/225
Crystal Poole
LaToshia Stamps
October 31, 2014
Our bodies need nutrients to able to function properly. Every day we consume food in order to provide are body with this nutrition. When you become hungry your primary drive kicks in and you are looking for food to eat. Your body knows that you need it and sends the message for you to eat. Most of the time when someone is hungry they were find something to eat. A lot of things effect what we eat. Some people have a specific diet they follow due to allergies, medical reason, or just watching what they eat. Some people suffer from eating disorders. These disorders have an effect on the amount of food someone is eating. They still have the need to and want to eat but do no let themselves. Most eating disorders start when someone is trying to lose weight. They will start losing some or not losing it fast enough and slowly stop eating so much. Once this causing them to lose weight they keep going.
There are two major eating disorders that occur today. Anorexia nervosa is the refusal to keep their body weight in the normal range recommended based on their height and age (Coon & Mitterer, 2013, Chapter 13). These people have the fear of gaining weight even though they are way under that weight. The second major eating disorder is Bulimia nervosa. Bulimic is when someone ones eats then forcing their selves to vomit or takes a laxative to not gain weight. These people look in the mirror and often see a reflection that is not what they really look like. They seem their selves as looking heavier than they are. Their mind makes them see something other than what they actually look like. Having a eating disorder can effect someone’s health and be very damaging to the body. Often hair loss, kidney damage, tooth erosion, loss of menstrual cycle, and death can happen (Coon & Mitterer, 2013, Chapter 13). Bulimia and anorexia are more common in women than men. The number of men with eating
References: Coon, ., & Mitterer, . (2013). Introduction to psychology: Gateways to mind and behavior (13th ed.). Retrieved from The University of Phoenix eBook Collection database.