disorders: Anorexia Nervosa‚ Bulimia Nervosa and ED-NOS (“Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified”) (Jacobs‚ C). I will be discussing all three types of eating disorders‚ what they are‚ health complications and how they can be treated. History of Eating Disorders I want to give you a brief history of eating disorders‚ before I start talking about them. In ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and Persian manuscripts‚ there are descriptions of eating disorder very common to what we call anorexia nervosa
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Anorexia Anorexia Nervosa is a disorder where the main characteristic is the restriction of food and the refusal to maintain a minimal normal body weight Anorexics may start by limiting or excluding foods that they perceive as having high fat or caloric content. Once an individual is convinced that anorexia is a good choice for them‚ they will most likely end up on very restricting diets‚ only eating certain foods in a specified portion. (Anorexia Nervosa) Weight is a major concern in today’s world
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Although many weight trainers have gone through great lengths to dispel the myths related to weight training for women‚ the negative connotations associated with it never really seem to go away. There’s a lot of controversy surrounding weight training and the effects it may cause on the female body. Despite this‚ weight training is actually really effective for transforming the female body in a great way. Listed below are some common myths associated around weight training for women. 1. If a woman
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The Battle of Anorexia One CBS News story written by Daniel Schorn tells the story of Kennedy Pieken‚ a girl who was just four years old when she began battling the effects of anorexia. Doctors at the Omaha Children’s Hospital suggest that her eating disorder was triggered by changes in her brain that occurred after she suffered strep throat. It was suspected that the trigger was present through genetics because her mother‚ Jodi Pieken‚ spent
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In some cases weight gain is often stress related. Did you know that stress also depletes nutrients in the body? Stress is highly destructive to the health of the body if left untreated. When stress becomes a part of your normal life you will have a tendency to lose control and eat excessively. Cortisol and Weight Gain What is the connection between cortisol and weight gain? Cortisol is a natural steroid hormone produced by the adrenal glands and performs several important functions. The release
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Case Study: April - Anorexia Nervosa XXXX Pennsylvania State University Case Study: April - Anorexia Nervosa Presenting Concerns April was a 17-year-old high school freshman who presented with severe emaciation due to self-starvation and excessive exercise. Despite being severely underweight‚ April indicated an intense fear of gaining weight. She bragged about how much weight she had recently lost‚ though she indicated that her "butt was still too fat." She also reported that she was constantly
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What are similarities and differences between Bulimia and Anorexia nervosa? There has always been a discussion between professionals whether bulimia is worse than anorexia or vice versa. They both are mental disorders in which people have the need to starve themselves. In other words‚ they feel that there is only a way to be thin: by removing all the food eaten through vomiting or in anorexia’s case they don’t eat anything and still provoke vomiting (Fuentes‚ 2004). These are two types of eating
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Weight cutting does not only affect the athlete during the process‚ but can have long term effects on an athlete’s health. Cutting weight is linked to woman having lower estrogen levels which affects long term bone density. One trainer stated that due to constant weight cutting his fighter is unable to avoid injuries because she is prone to broken bones and has constant stress fractures. This has cause the fighter to be withheld from competition for three years in a row with no return in sight. Weight
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taking weight training so I can gain muscle. The reason I want to gain muscle is so I can burn fat. I’m also in weight training to get a daily work out. Working out on a daily basis should help me loose weight and become more physically fit for biking. Benefits of weight training In weight training there are many benefits but I want to point out three main benefits towards myself in weight training. One benefit of weight training is the gain of muscle. A second benefit is loss of weight. And
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Anorexia Nervosa is a serious mental illness where a person has an obsessive fear of gaining weight so they allow themselves only very small portions of food‚ some even starving themselves. People with anorexia often have a distorted view of themselves. Anorexia most often starts in adolescence and is most common among girls. However anorexia can affect men and woman of any age‚ race‚ cultural and socioeconomic background. The average duration of Anorexia Nervosa is 7 years. Those who recover are
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