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    3 7 April 2008 The Runway: Disaster to Society. Fashion is a prevailing custom or style of dress‚ etiquette‚ socializing‚ etc. Top designers such as‚ Gucci‚ Louis Vuitton‚ and Coco Chanel paint the pages in magazines and store ads everywhere. The clothes are shown off by beautiful‚ young‚ idolized models. Guys fantasize about them and girls envy their beauty and fame. The fashion industry is a huge part of today’s society. Everywhere you look there is a model‚ displaying a top designers’

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    ____________________ Overview: The program: o Chronicles the struggles of girls and women who have had‚ or currently have‚ anorexia or bulimia. o Reviews the medical complications associated with prolonged starvation. o Explains that an estimated 8 million people suffer from anorexia and bulimia‚ that at least three of every 100 adolescent girls will develop anorexia or bulimia‚ and that although men rarely suffer from the disorder the rate among men appears to be increasing. o Investigates

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    disorder such as anorexia or bulimia. Millions more are struggling with the binge eating disorder. Because of secretiveness and shame associated with eating disorders‚ many cases are probably not reported. Many individuals struggle with body dissatisfaction and sub-clinical disordered eating attitudes and behaviors. It has been shown that 80% of American women are dissatisfied with their appearance. In 2003‚ review of literature has found that 40% of newly identified cases of anorexia are in girls 15-19

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    Psychology 2 10 May 2014 Eating Disorders Many men and women suffer from eating disorders. Anorexia nervosa‚ bulimia nervosa‚ and binge eating disorder are three common types of eating disorders. Anorexia nervosa is when a person has a compulsion to lose weight even though they are severely underweight. A person that is bulimic has a compulsion to eat a great amount of food‚ then vomit or take laxatives to get rid of the food. Binge-eating disorder is when a person has a compulsion to binge‚

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    mental illness. There are many different types of eating disorders. One is Anorexia Nervosa‚ a body image disorder which is “characterized by an individual’s perceptions” (Ballaro) as overweight. This causes intense shame‚ anxiety‚ and depression. It turns into self destructive behaviors such as self-starvation or obsessive exercise‚ and occurs mostly in women. Another is‚ Bulimia Nervosa. As in Anorexia Nervosa‚ people see themselves as overweight. They often feel shame and depression. They

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    Eating Disorders Cassandra M. Alexander Florida State College at Jacksonville Eating Disorders Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. Three of the most discussed are anorexia‚ bulimia‚ and what researchers call EDNOS (eating disorder not otherwise specified). Each of the eating disorders can be fatal in their own way. What are the signs‚ what do they do to you and your body‚ and what can be done to treat the problem?

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    weight loss has always been and will always be a challenge in the USA. Psychologists have been trying to motivate as well as encourage people to lose weight in all different ways. Focusing on dangerous methods that can be harmful to humans such as anorexia‚ and bulimia‚ can lead to many eating disorders which may then cause bodies to go into dimorphic disorders. This has been an epidemic in the media as well as in the societies where it has an on-going conception of being beautiful‚ which can have

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    Did you know that there are many types of eating disorder? Why is eating disorders impact negatively in our health and also in our lives? Eating disorder involves on weight‚ body shape‚ and foods that can be a dangerous eating behaviors. This signify your body ability the nutrition that it needs and it can harm the digestive system‚ bones‚ teeth and mouth‚ lead to other diseases‚ and effects the heart. Eating disorder can develop at a young age and there are treatments that can return your body

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    will start off by defining and describing body composition and the risks associated with excess body fat. Secondly‚ I will discuss the factors that have the obesity epidemic over time‚ and lastly I will discuss eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa‚ bulimia nervosa‚ and binge-eating disorder as well the physical and psychological disorders that come along with each of them. Body composition is defined as the proportion of fat‚ muscle‚ and bone of an individual’s body‚ usu. expressed as percentage

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    Anorexia Nervosa Anorexia Nervosa‚ also known as anorexia‚ it is types of eating disorder the goes beyond dieting. Many people that suffer this disorder get so much fear of gaining weight that they often starve themselves. Anorexia is a physical and Psychological disorder as well. People suffering anorexia are typically described as “walking skeletons” because of the lack of flesh on their bodies that make their bones visible. Anorexics are very often characterized as very stubborn or prideful

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