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Eating Disorders About 24 million of US suffer from an eating disorder. Eating disorders affect almost anyone‚ but they target women‚ more specifically teenage girls between the age of 11-23 (National 1). Eating disorders range from anorexia and bulimia to taking laxatives and restricting what you eat. There are multiple causes of eating disorders. Biological factors and social media can cause a person to have an eating disorder. Biological factors such as chemical imbalances in the brain can trigger
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pressure society places on young people to conform to the ideal body image has led to many adolescents developing stress-related eating disorders (The Open University‚ 2013‚ Unit 3‚ 3.4). There are three main eating disorders: Anorexia Nervosa (AN)‚ Bulimia Nervosa (BN) and binge eating (The Open University‚ 2013‚ Unit 3‚ 3.6). Disordered eating is a mental illness in which the patient severely restricts their calorie intake. Although girls are mainly affected by anorexia a significant number of
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Raise your hand if you have ever felt fat. Everyone has those days where they just don’t feel like they look nice‚ or that shirt or pair of jeans that they think makes them look like a whale when chances are‚ they don’t look bad at all. Good afternoon judges‚ guests‚ and fellow 4-H’ers. My name is Jessica Marsden‚ and I’ve been a 4-H’er with the Rockets for nine years now. Today‚ on my last local achievement I’m going to talk to you about body image. Society has always placed great value on beauty
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environmental‚ and social factors. There are two types of eating disorders which are noted as being used to control food intake and result in extreme weight loss‚ Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia. Anorexia is a condition in which a child refuses to eat adequate calories out of an intense and irrational fear of becoming fat. Bulimia is a condition in which a child binge eats and then purges the food by vomiting or using laxatives to prevent weight gain. Diagnosing a child with an eating disorder is difficult
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Throughout many years‚ cheerleading has been believed to be an enjoyable group activity to stay fit and healthy. However‚ cheerleading has been a leading reason for eating disorders such as bulimia and anorexia among all other sports. Bulimia is less severe than anorexia because bulimic people tend to consume a minimal quantity of calories‚ while anorexic people perceive their body as fatter than it actually is and starve themselves. However‚ they are both dangerous
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Digitally altering pictures or ‘Photoshopping’ is the norm of not only the fashion industry but any industry related to print media nowadays. Retouching pictures has not blossomed due to technology‚ we can trace it back to 1500’s when the period of high renaissance art was fading away a new form of art was emerging known as Mannerism which applauded the modified physic of the subjects over the regular ones(1). Setting impossible standards‚ models are made to look like virtual perceptions and nothing
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million females and 1 million males are fighting a life and death battle with an eating disorder (Collins). The two most commonly known eating disorders in America are anorexia nervosa‚ an eating disorder characterized by extremely low body weight‚ distorted body image and an obsessive fear of gaining weight and bulimia nervosa‚ an eating disorder characterized by recurrent binge eating‚ followed by purging. While eleven million is a startling number‚ eating disorders are even more prevalent among
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majority of individuals that suffer from anorexia are females in their teenage‚ adolescent and young adult years. According to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD) “95% of those who have eating disorders are between the ages of 12 and 25…only an estimated 5 to 15 percent of people with anorexia or bulimia are male.” (“Eating Disorders Statistics”). Pro-Ana is seen as a subculture as the members share the same way of life such as obsessing over calories‚ food‚ and
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A Real Woman Dictonary.com defines a female as: “Female [fee-mayl]- (n.): a person bearing two X chromosomes in the cell nuclei and normally having a vagina‚ a uterus and ovaries‚ and developing at puberty a relatively rounded body and enlarged breasts and retaining a beardless face; a girl or woman.” Mass media generates the picture perfect image of a woman. The “perfect” woman is a generalized fantasy derived from media and how society shaped the media. But what aspects exactly make a female
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