Anorexia is an eating disorder that makes people have intense fear of gaining weight. They severely limit the amount of food they eat and can become severally thin. Anorexia affects the mind and body‚ it could lead to death. Anorexia usually starts in the teens and can go into adulthood. Untreated anorexia can lead to starvation‚ kidney damage‚ and heart problems. The cause of anorexia is not fully understood‚ it’s thought to be a mix of physical‚ emotional‚ and social triggers. Anorexia changes
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Cross-cultural aspects of anorexia nervosa and bulimia: A review. International Journal of Eating Disorders‚ 10‚ 67–78. Furnham‚ A.‚ & Alibhai‚ N. (1983). Cross-cultural differences in the perception of female body shapes. Psychological Medicine‚ 13‚ 829–837. Furnham‚ A.‚ & Baguma‚ P. (1994). Cross-cultural differences in the evaluation of male and female body shapes. Garner‚ D.M.‚ & Garfinkel‚ P.E. (1979). The Eating Attitudes Test: An index of the symptoms of anorexia nervosa. Garner‚ D.M.‚ Olmsted
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In their perspective‚ a patient suffering from anorexia nervosa has a body mass that is 85% less compared to what it is supposed to be‚ and is constantly afraid that any increase in body mass will make her fat‚ even though‚ she is underweight (2003). Symbolic interactionism‚ according to Spuy‚ Klerk and Kruger
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back then. I spoke today in my interview about the different disorders I am knowledgeable in but was asked to elaborate more on Schizophrenia and two other case studies. I am going to provide as much information as I can on the eating disorder Anorexia Nervosa and on the drug abuse case of Alcoholism. Analyzing Psychological Disorders Page 2 I will admit that I am fascinated with schizophrenia. The human brain is such a mystery with new things being discovered every day and one
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powerful images and throughout this essay‚ examples will be cited to reinforce this theory. One common consequence of the media’s representation of the body is that the audience (more particularly women) may turn to an eating disorder known as anorexia nervosa. This eating disorder involves fasting; self-starvation; vomiting; fear of being overweight; an obsession with calories‚ nutrition and fat grams; and dieting‚ despite being thin. This is merely one of the ways in which the media impacts social
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ENGENG06 Course Assignment 4 Instructions: As the student you should write your answer in the grey box . You can click into the first box and then use the Tab key to move forward to the next box. The tutor uses the grey box with the red outline to mark faults and will write marks and comments in the grey fields below the exercise Name: Hometown: Malmö‚Sweden A. Vocabulary Fill in the missing words or phrases in the following text. A Reasonable Fear Eric has a
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References……………………………………………………………………………...15-17 2 Abstract Background: Anorexia nervosa can be defined as a psychological illness‚ characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat. The typical onset of anorexia nervosa occurs between the ages of 14-18. Currently‚ there is a growing weight loss culture and anorexia nervosa is becoming an increasingly salient issue in nursing care. While anorexia nervosa is a widely researched topic‚ the writer found there to be limited research
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There are many different types of mental health illnesses. In this section I am going to be explaining three mental health illnesses in detail. The three mental health illnesses that I have chosen to write about are; obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)‚ phobias and eating disorders. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Definition Obsessive compulsive disorder is a mental health condition and a serious anxiety-related condition where a person has obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviour
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Negative Effect of Media to Woman In the article‚ “The Burka and The Bikini” by Joan Jacobs and Jacquelyn Jackson‚ they mention not only media can insult some cultures by showing almost nude females in their advertisement and it could also put a huge impact on most of our women’s health in the society we live in. They use two totally different views of two different world of women as their main example. They assert that some women covered up for the sake and a respect for the culture of their
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People who have distorted body image‚ people who have been judged‚ and people who have been made fun of often resort to two horrible outlets: Anorexia and Bulimia. “People with anorexia nervosa have a distorted body image that causes them to see themselves as overweight even when they’re dangerously thin. Individuals with bulimia nervosa eat excessive quantities‚ then purge their bodies of the food and calories they fear by using laxatives‚ enemas‚ or diuretics; vomiting; or exercising.”
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