Eating Disorders 1 Eating Disorders: The Different Types Introduction to Social Work Professor Moilanen December 2‚ 2008 Eating Disorders 2 Eating Disorders: The Different Types Over the last several decades many teenagers are extremely concerned about the way the look whether it’s to them or to the opposite sex. Those same teenagers are looking at celebrities bodies in magazines and are becoming self-conscious about the body image compared to those celebrities
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Paula Bernal Ben Bates Speech 101 November 6‚ 2012 Eating Disorders General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform the audience of the types of eating disorders‚ what their symptoms are and how they affect our life and health. Central Idea: Eating disorders have gradually risen over the last few years and have taken powerful control of our society. According to NEDA‚ “Today the National Eating Disorders Association [NEDA] released findings from a recently completed survey. The national
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Eating Disorders “The pressure to stay thin and trim in Hollywood is relentless‚ leading many stars to diets‚ drugs‚ and daily dates with their personal trainers” (Anderberg 73). This does not only affect celebrities however. As the media continues to impose its ideal body image‚ women and teens become obsessed with achieving that thin‚ flawless beauty. What they do not see is the hours of editing dedicated to that project. That “flawless beauty” is often as unreal as the magic on Harry Potter
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been created. Eating disorders are one way for women to achieve such standards. Eating disorders among young women have become more prevalent due to the increase in the media’s involvement in portraying the “perfect” female body image. Once an eating disorder has begun‚ it can generate a domino effect on one’s life‚ both physically and emotionally (Perfect Illusions: What Causes). Physiological and emotional disorders such as Anorexia Nervosa‚ Bulimia Nervosa and also Binge Eating can all be classified
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RUNNING HEAD: EATING DISORDERS Eating Disorders Cassandra M. Alexander Florida State College at Jacksonville Eating Disorders Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. Three of the most discussed are anorexia‚ bulimia‚ and what researchers call EDNOS (eating disorder not otherwise specified). Each of the eating disorders can be fatal in their own way. What are the signs‚ what do they do to you and your body‚ and what
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There are many types of eating disorders. We are most familiar with the three major disorders Anorexia Nervosa‚ Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder. However‚ there are many minor disorders effecting millions of people like Prader–Willi Syndrome and Night Eating Syndrome. Anorexia Nervosa: A potentially dangerous and life threatening disease characterized by a person’s fear of gaining weight therefore resorting to self–starvation and excessive weight loss. Anorexia typical appears in girls
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Second Draft ENG101 Human Interest Essay 11.04.2013 Eating Disorders It seems like every little girl dreams of becoming a model. They want to be thin and pretty like the models they see on television and in magazines. Often the desire becomes an obsession and young girls see "thinness" as being a needed characteristic. For many girls‚ the teenage years are spent trying to acquire this look. Females are trying diets and are exercising like it is a competition to see who can lose the
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Eating Disorders Many people around the world struggle with eating disorder. Eating disorders are complex‚ and they can be life-threatening illnesses that affect the physical and emotional wellness of the person who is being sick or ill. Eating disorder begins from a point when a person begins to get very obsessive about one’s weight or diet and gradually get stricter on how he or she eats. When a person doesn’t eat the body undergoes a lot of stress‚ which can lead to health problems. Psychological
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eating behaviour; * There are a number of physiological processes that influence when and what we eat. * However‚ as in many aspects of human behaviour‚ the effects of these physiological processes are mediated by psychological and social ones. * Many different things motivate us in: - what we choose to eat. -when we eat. - how much we eat including convenience‚ -what it looks like - health concern - ethics. * In other words‚ our attitudes. EXPECTANCY THEORY;
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women are more likely than men to develop an eating disorder‚ which will eventually lead them to their deaths due to eating deficiencies. Warrant: Women are very insecure about their physical appearance because the media (which is the main source of advertisement) has a lot of images of “beautiful‚ skinny” models with flawless skin and amazing physiques. This will influence them to eat less in order to be skinny and beautiful. Backing: Eating disorders can starts as early from our child hood. Little
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