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    today about anorexia; what it is‚ signs‚ causes‚ effects‚ and possible treatments to help it. First‚ I will tell you what anorexia is. People with anorexia have an extreme and irrational dread of becoming fat and they have a distorted view of their body size and shape. They will hardly eat at all and the small amounts of food they do eat become an obsession. When you suffer from anorexia‚ no matter who much you weight you have lost‚ its never enough. There are two types of anorexia called Restricting

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    What causes Anorexia Nervosa? Eating disorders are not new. Anorexia Nervosa was first formally diagnosed in 1874‚ and the symptoms have been observed as far back as 300 years ago.(Walsh and Devlin 1) Although the condition has been known for centuries‚ it seems to be center stage now during the last decade or so. What is behind Anorexia? Is it inherited? Is Anorexia caused by some type of mental illness‚ or maybe environmental pressures? Does culture play a role in whether or not someone suffers

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    as a vast societal problem as well. Like obesity‚ eating disorders like anorexia can be an example of sociological imagination too. Anorexia is a disease that can be analyzed on the personal level while it is under an individual’s control whether or not to eating food. However‚ it can also be examined on a public level because it affects a lot of people in our society and the causes stem from our culture’s behaviors. Anorexia is an emotional disorder characterized by a fixated desire to lose weight

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    Cause and Effect of Anorexia Of all girls and women in the United States‚ ten percent will be affected by an eating disorder. Men and women alike are affected‚ however it is more common in women‚ specifically those aged thirteen to twenty. The most common eating disorder among teenage girls is anorexia nervosa. This disease is mostly linked with an overwhelming desire to be thin. People take extreme measures to achieve this goal (“Causes”). Anorexia is a very mysterious and misunderstood disease

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    Anorexia in Teenage Girls Adolescence is the most crucial stage of development in which one is mostly influenced by what is seen in society‚ culture‚ and fashion. These influences can lead to eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa. Anorexia Nervosa is a psychological disorder characterized by a fear of weight gain‚ body image issues and maintenance of low body weight (American Psychiatric Association‚1994). On average‚ teenage girls under the ages of twelve to seventeen years old suffer from anorexia

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    Anorexia Nervosa By: Ashley Green Anorexia Nervosa Anorexia Nervosa is a type of eating disorder. This type of eating disorder is when people have a increased fear of gaining weight. People who have this order will significantly drop their food intake. They will only allow themselves to eat very limited amount of food. Anorexia affects both the body and the mind. It may start as dieting‚ but it gets out of control. You think about food‚ dieting‚ and weight all the time. You have a distorted

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    A new cognitive-behavioural theory has been designed in order to supplement the former model‚ hence why it is called the extended cognitive-behavioural model of bulimia (Fairburn et al.‚ 2003). It has to be emphasised that this model is aimed at supplementing the former model rather than replacing it. This model assumes that in certain patients‚ one or more of four additional maintaining processes interact with the core mechanisms‚ thereby making them more resistant to change in treatment. As can

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    English May 9‚ 2012 Anorexia in Teenage Girls Poor self-image. Low self-esteem. Yearning for a better body. Losing control. These are things that most anorexics have in common. I know‚ because I’ve seen it in so many teenage girls. Anorexia is an eating disorder where people‚ especially the teen group (adolescent girls) starve themselves - the main reason is to lose weight and turn lean. Anorexia usually begins in young people around the onset of puberty

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    Counseling Women Diagnosed with Bulimia Nervosa Student ID: 18104894 CNS ED 6000 November 12‚ 2012 Counseling Women Diagnosed With Bulimia Nervosa Katie Andrews Abstract This literature review will introduce bulimia nervosa and discuss research that pertains to counseling women who seek treatment for this particular eating disorder. The information included will be helpful for counselors and those seeking help for bulimia or for a loved one. This paper addresses matters that cause and

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    to have a perfect body. Desires of having a perfect body could lead to a disorder called‚ anorexia nervosa. This disease is an eating disorder characterized by low body weight and a fear of becoming overweight. Anorexia nervosa is mainly related to an individual’s emotionality. Some of the causes of this disease are‚ personal feelings‚ stressful events‚ and cultural influences. The first cause of anorexia nervosa that is the most important cause is a worthless personal feeling. A person who has

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