Destang March 13‚ 2014 Abstract Eating disorders are very dangerous eating conditions that involve either overeating or not eating at all. There are two main eating disorders; anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. These disorders are taken very lightly in society. They are caused by some many factors and if they not caught early enough they can become fatal. These harmful habits shouldn’t begin to form at such a young age‚ but society gives our youth
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eating disorders Eating disorders include a range of conditions that can affect someone physically‚ psychologically and socially. The most common eating disorders are: anorexia nervosa‚ when someone tries to keep their weight as low as possible‚ for example by starving themselves or exercising excessively bulimia‚ when someone tries to control their weight by binge eating and then deliberately being sick or using laxatives (medication to help empty their bowels) binge eating‚ when someone feels
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of symptoms to be considered symtomatic. None of them were classified with a clinical eating disorder. In Sundgot-Borgens study‚ she reported that 1.3% of athletes met criteria for anorexia nervosa‚ an eating disorder that involves one to starve themselves. The percentage of those who struggled with bulimia nervosa‚ an eating disorder that involves eating a great deal of food and then throwing it up‚ is 8%. Everyone is exposed to societal expectations. This includes one’s body‚ dieting‚ appearance
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Media affects body image because in every TV show or movie the characters are healthy‚ lean‚ handsome‚ or beautiful. In ads they change the picture by editing the person’s body to make them look unrealistically skinny or muscular. This unrealistic image pushes people to the extreme to gain that image because the media makes it seen that you have to look like that to be attractive and to have a boyfriend or girlfriend. And when people can’t gain that image they then become depressed and/or kill themselves
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i. Webster Dictionary 1. any of several psychological disorders characterized by serious disturbances of eating behavior (medical definition) 2. “Eating disorder” ii. Four categories 3. Anorexia Nervosa a. Self-starvation b. Weight loss c. Very serious d. “absence of appetite” e. 15%-60% body weight is lost f. Distorted view of their own weight or shape
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of America to the view of the damaging effects of eating disorders. This day marks the death of the very famous singer of the time‚ Karen Carpenter. Looking glamorous and confident on the outside‚ most did not know she was suffering from Anorexia Nervosa (B5). Throughout her teenage years‚ she was overweight. In 1967‚ weighing 140 pounds‚ Karen was put on a water diet by her doctor. This brought her down to 120 pounds (B6). Even though she was now at a healthy weight‚ she was still insecure due to
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help the obesity epidemic is how a person lives and manages their daily schedules. If a person works a desk job at different hours it can be hard to find time to exercise on a daily basis. Some health problems that are associated with anorexia nervosa are
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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 don ’t do anything to loss the weight such as forcing themselves
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Film discussion: Thin Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that occurs when an individual is unrealistically concerned about being overweight or feels an overwhelming need to be so thin that in either case an individual eats so little that they become malnourished. While Bulimia is where an individual binges and purges. They may eat a lot of food at once and then try to get rid of the food by vomiting‚ using laxatives or sometimes over-exercising. Both of which are diseases linked to physical
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Unit 30 – Health Psychology Models of health related behaviour and contemporary issues in health psychology. In this assignment I will concentrate on two theories of behaviour; health belief model (HBM) and the Theory of Reasoned Action. I will also look at factors that affect our approach to health and illness; poverty and age. Finally I will look at two different specific health issues; addiction and eating disorders‚ I will also look at the similarities and the differences between eating
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