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    Binge Eating Disorder (BED) is the most common eating disorder in the worldwide. The disorder impacts people of all ages including children and adolescents‚ races‚ and levels of education and income. People don’t even do moderate level of exercise‚ do not avoid eating food‚ and keep piling fats in their body thus number of unhealthy people are rising every day. As these people tend to be disgusted by their bodies and distraught about their overeating. People with binge eating disorder are frequently

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    Charles Wingate Principles of Sociology Professor Ciliberto Paper #4 Deviance Deviance is the recognized violence of cultural norms. The concept of deviance is very broad because norms are what guide human activity. Deviant acts are known as crime‚ which is the violation of a society’s formally enacted criminal law. Criminal deviance varies from a wide range including minor traffic violations‚ and major violations such as robbery and murder. Society tries to regulate people’s thoughts and

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    Deshaies Topic: Eating Disorders General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about eating disorders. Central Idea: Today I would like to share with you about eating disorders: what they are‚ their effects‚ how you can treat them‚ and how to recognize if someone you know has an eating disorder. INTRODUCTION Attention-getter: Did you know that it is estimated that eight million Americans have an eating disorder and only one in ten people with eating disorders actually get

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    Eating Disorders: Who is to be held responsible? Abstract Only a thin line separates “normal” dieting from an eating disorder. (Hesse-Biber‚ 1996) Unfortunately for young women in this day and age‚ social and economic factors pressure them to pursue the thinness ideal‚ even to the point of dangerous behavior. At one point in time‚ dieting would have been considered one of the ways to improve one’s health. Today’s society has been brainwashed to believe that in order to be healthy‚ one has to

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    Determining risk factors‚ consequences‚ and protective measures of Body Dissatisfaction and Eating Disorders Determining risk factors‚ consequences‚ and protective measures of Body Dissatisfaction and Eating Disorders Body image is an individual’s perception of his or her own body in terms of sexual attractiveness. Human society has emphasized on beauty of the human body for a long time. However‚ an individual’s perception of their own body may differ from society’s standards‚ thus

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    Body Fat and Eating Disorders Paper School: University of Phoenix Class: SCI/241 Nutrition Instructor: Lindsay Eisenhut By Ronald Berry Introduction Obese people have an overall morality rate almost twice that of non - obese people. They

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    This essay aims to demonstrate my understanding of two psychological theories and how these two theories relate to eating disorders. The psychodynamic theory would say that eating disorders are developed through childhood experiences and are used as a defence mechanism. The psychodynamic theory was developed in the 20th century by Sigmund Freud and he stated that the personality is made of 3 parts‚ the ID‚ which is responsible for instincts and pleasure seeking‚ the SUPEREGO which tries to obey

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    Binge Eating Disorder Binge Eating Disorder only affects about 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

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    Teenage Eating Disorders Teenage eating disorders are common especially among adolescent girls as opposed to boys. At this age girls are vulnerable especially to their peers. Eating disorders are a reflection of adolescent egocentrism. Teens have imaginary audiences that they must meet up with the standards. In this case it is girls staying thin because they think that everyone around them is going to notice the 2 pounds they gained over Thanksgiving weekend‚ when in reality her peers don’t

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    Introducing Deviance Within society there is culture and norms-principals‚ standards‚ and expectations. As people‚ we make up our society‚ setting goals and expectations for ourselves. When someone decides to venture past the norms of culture‚ this is called deviant behavior; essentially breaking the rules or the balance that society has developed. Theories are abstract thoughts derived on questions to help clarify problems such as deviance. This paper is designed to compare and contrast two theories

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