Deshaies Topic: Eating Disorders General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about eating disorders. Central Idea: Today I would like to share with you about eating disorders: what they are‚ their effects‚ how you can treat them‚ and how to recognize if someone you know has an eating disorder. INTRODUCTION Attention-getter: Did you know that it is estimated that eight million Americans have an eating disorder and only one in ten people with eating disorders actually get
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Eating Disorders: Who is to be held responsible? Abstract Only a thin line separates “normal” dieting from an eating disorder. (Hesse-Biber‚ 1996) Unfortunately for young women in this day and age‚ social and economic factors pressure them to pursue the thinness ideal‚ even to the point of dangerous behavior. At one point in time‚ dieting would have been considered one of the ways to improve one’s health. Today’s society has been brainwashed to believe that in order to be healthy‚ one has to
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Body Fat and Eating Disorders Paper School: University of Phoenix Class: SCI/241 Nutrition Instructor: Lindsay Eisenhut By Ronald Berry Introduction Obese people have an overall morality rate almost twice that of non - obese people. They
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Binge Eating Disorder Binge Eating Disorder only affects about 5% of the population. Binge Eating Disorder (BED) is an overeating disorder but unlike bulimia nervosa‚ binge eaters don ’t vomit after they binge eat they retain the food they eat. BED is a relatively new disorder as it was just accepted by FDA. Binge Eating Disorder commonly means eating mass amounts of food. Binge Eating Disorder is usual caused by stress or depression. BED is different than bulimia nervosa because binge eaters
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Teenage Eating Disorders Teenage eating disorders are common especially among adolescent girls as opposed to boys. At this age girls are vulnerable especially to their peers. Eating disorders are a reflection of adolescent egocentrism. Teens have imaginary audiences that they must meet up with the standards. In this case it is girls staying thin because they think that everyone around them is going to notice the 2 pounds they gained over Thanksgiving weekend‚ when in reality her peers don’t
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The distinctions between eating disorders can be complex. While anorexia and bulimia may have some issues in common‚ other factors make them distinct. For parents‚ trying to understand the differences can be crucial. Early detection and proper treatment significantly improve the chances for a child to recover. Bulimia and anorexia are both very dangerous‚ and can be life threatening. Both are very common among teens and young adults. Eating disorders are becoming more familiar for this generation
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disease ❖ Stroke ❖ High blood pressure ❖ High Cholesterol ❖ Type 2 diabetes ❖ Certain forms of cancer ❖ Excess Fatigue ❖ Increased risk of cardiac problems ❖ Hardening of the arteries ❖ GI disorders ❖ Decreased reaction time ❖ Reduced balance and coordination ❖ Increased susceptibility to infections ❖ Decreased circulation ❖ Delayed wound healing There are a few known factors that influence the obesity
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Body Fat and Eating Disorder Paper SCI/241 September 22‚ 2013 University of Phoenix Body Fat and Eating Disorder Paper Body composition is divided into two separate types of mass. These types of masses are referred to as fat-free mass and body fat. Fat-free mass is made up of the body’s non-fat tissue. Fat-free mass is the type that is bone‚ water muscle‚ and tissue. Body fat the other type of mass is fat that is located within our body. Body fat is needed because it helps protects our internal
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Body Fat and Eating Disorders Carla Baker SCI-241 February 1‚ 2015 University of Phoenix Body Fat and Eating Disorders “Body composition is the term used to describe the different components that‚ when taken together‚ make up a person’s body weight. The human body is composed of a variety of different tissue types‚ including lean tissues (muscles‚ bones‚ and organs) that are metabolically active‚ and fat (adipose) tissues that are not” (www.about.com‚ 2015). Excess‚ or too much‚ body fat is more
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Negative Body-Image and Eating Disorders According to many doctors‚ eating disorders and negative body-image is increasingly common due to media and the expanding world of fashion. Eating disorders are not just physical but mental‚ as well (Bowen-Woodward). Each person struggling with this type of disease developed a negative body image from somewhere. Family ‚ friends‚ and society contribute to creating a person’s body image‚ whether negative or positive. The effects of a negative body-image
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