mortality rate of any mental disorder. According to the National Eating Disorders Association (2013) in the United States twenty million women suffer from a clinically significant eating disorder at some time in their life including anorexia‚ bulimia nervosa‚ binge eating and others. There seems to be a correlation between women sports‚ for example dancing‚ gymnastics‚ figure skating ...etc.‚ and eating disorders. These competitive and strenuous sports may put a lot pressure and lead females to an
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Self-Esteem Self-esteem is important and often at the root of many problems. By continually trying to improve self-esteem‚ one may find that other problems are not so overwhelming. So what is self-esteem? It is a feeling of pride in yourself. In order to be at peace with others‚ you must be at peace with yourself. This means accepting your past and present‚ your mistakes and successes‚ your strengths and weaknesses‚ your choices and behaviors. It means being open to knowing all of you. This
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EATING DISORDERS: DISEASE OR CHOICE? Barbie is known as one of the most common toys that young girls play with in their adolescent years. These growing girls‚ look up to Barbie and see her has a role model of perfection. Barbie has a perfect mansion‚ car‚ clothes‚ boyfriend‚ job and life overall. But most of all‚ she has the “perfect” body. This is the woman that most girls desire to be like when they grow up. They want to be perfect‚ just like Barbie. This desire for perfection is one of
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adolescence or young adulthood‚ but some an develop during childhood or later in adulthood. Women and girls are much more likely than males to develop an eating disorder. Men and boys account for an estimated 5 to 15 percent of patients with anorexia or bulimia and an estimated 35 percent of those with binge-eating disorder(Anderson‚ 2001). Eating disorders are treatable medical illnesses with complex underlying psychological and biological causes. They can arrive from psychiatric disorders such as anxiety
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the three main types of eating disorders. Anorexia Nervosa‚ a person with this eating disorders has a large fear of gaining weight and or becoming fat. A person with this mind set will do drastic things to make sure that they do not put on weight‚ for example limiting caloric intake and exercise more then need they to do because they have not eaten enough to burn the calories that they are using while exercising. A person who has Bulimia Nervosa may feel like a person with Anorexia but someone who
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Informative Speech: Topic: Body Image What makes a girl sexy? Is it the hour glassed silhouette of a woman and the impossibly proportioned vital statistics of 36-24-36? Is it Angelina Jolie’s pouty lips‚ or Megan Fox’s toned physique? I’m sure people here have their own bets on the sexiest woman alive‚ and who wouldn’t drool over their impeccably beautiful bodies; but then again I ask you‚ what makes a girl sexy? Sexy‚ that’s what they call people blessed with impossibly proportioned
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Eating Disorders and Adolescence adolescents go through many changes as they hit puberty‚ they begin dealing with changes to their hormones‚ their relationships‚ even their physical appearance. Many children are feeling uncertain about these changes and look to their peers and to the media to tell them how they should look and what growing up entails. They feel a loss of control over their emotions and their relationships‚ experience frequent mood swings due to hormonal changes that cause confusion
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bodies. A lot of Americans work out and diet to accomplish the goal of having these body types‚ but some go to drastic measures to get it. Many eating disorders and their side effects are taking over the lives of Americans every day. Anorexia Nervosa is the number one eating disorder in America. One in every one hundred woman suffers from this disorder. Anorexia is where you deprive your body from any food. This can create many problems with the body. In the beginning‚ minor problems can occur
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started out just eating smaller or larger amounts of food‚ but at some point‚ the urge to eat less or more spiraled out of control because they want to lose weight. Eating disorders should be monitored because it has three types and they are Anorexia‚ Bulimia‚ and Binge Eating Disorders. The first Eating Disorder I would like to talk about is Anorexia. What is Anorexia you may ask well. Anorexia is a type of eating disorders that can cause a lock or loss a lack or loss of appetite for food (as a medical
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As an extremely challenging and physically demanding pastime‚ it makes sense that a career in dance has lots of pressures that go along with it. This should come as no surprise seeing that every professional sport requires hard work and at least some sacrifice. It is questionable‚ however‚ if there is maybe too much pressure put on dancers in this day and age. Many people do not realize what it takes for a person to make it as a dancer‚ the dedication and drive the person must have. The fact of the
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