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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Courtney Morris English 101C 30 April 2012 Eating Disorder Treatment Coverage Every day‚ various men‚ women and children suffering from eating disorders reach out for help from professionals; however‚ only one in every ten will ever receive the treatment they need (“Eating” 3). Anna Westin was twenty-one years old when her long battle with anorexia took her life. At the age of sixteen‚ Westin was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa‚ and her family felt relieved due to their good insurance policy
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The main topic of interest in “Our National Eating Disorder” by Michael Pollan’s‚ is that the question “What are we having for dinner?”‚ has evolved with the world. The quality of food and the intake of food has changed immensely from many years ago. Back in the day‚ you could not go to get a pre-cooked chicken at your local supermarket‚ you would have to do the hunting on your own. Now we have evolved so drastically to have organic meat‚ now the new fad in right now is everything organic or gluten
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Not the Cause There are many different opinions regarding eating disorders‚ whether they are genetic‚ ethnic‚ cultural problems‚ or a culturally reactive problem. Stereotypes from the past believe that white middle class adolescents have the most related problems in eating disorders because of their anglo-saxon cultural backgrounds. Research has shown that imagery of the ideal Western body has had a chain reaction of body shape and eating habit conflicts between all ethnicities‚ cultures‚ body weight
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In more recent years‚ social media has played an increased role in the development of body dissatisfaction and eating disorders. This is due to the increased use‚ accessibility‚ and speed of modern technology. Adolescents have shown a movement from magazines and TV advertisements to the media apps like Facebook‚ Instagram‚ Twitter‚ Tinder‚ Pinterest‚ etc. Facebook and Instagram focus around the concept of picture sharing and many ‘follows’ and ‘friend requests’ are based solely off of one’s appearance
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Outline and evaluate explanations of eating disorders based on the biological model of psychological abnormality [18] Explanations tend to fall into four categories: • Evolutionary • Genetic • Neuroanatomy • Biochemical Evolutionary explanations of behaviour are based on Darwin’s theories of natural and sexual selection. These theories have been applied to eating disorders. It is suggested that the ability to control ones appetite and ignore hunger when food supplies
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Eating‚ Substance‚ Sexual‚ and Personality Disorders Classifying and defining disorders such as eating‚ substance abuse‚ sex/gender/sexual‚ and personality disorders is often difficult. Several theoretical perspectives and techniques are required in the diagnosis and treatment of various disorders as many are often the result of several causes. As with theoretical perspectives‚ several core concepts are applicable to each of the disorders. Eating Disorders Eating disorders are serious conditions
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Anorexia (Ana) and Bulimia (Mia)‚ are the sisters girls would not want in their lives. Anorexia and Bulimia are eating disorders. In one hand‚ the author Marie Susziski informs that Anorexia’s patients “tend to think they are overweigh when they are actually very thin. They may eat fewer than 1‚000 calories a day‚ exercise excessively‚ vomit‚ use laxatives‚ and take diuretics‚ or give themselves enemas as they continually attempt to lose more weight.” In the other hand‚ Susziski also says that people
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Abstract Eating disorders are common in a culture with being obsessed with body image‚ dieting‚ and fast food (Jacobs‚ C). Dissatisfaction with our body and dieting can often lead to dangerous and unhealthy eating habits. More and more eating habits are patterns leading to eating disorders (Jacobs‚ C). We now are aware of these different types of illnesses; and they are treatable and people are ready to help you (Jacobs‚ C). There are three main types of eating disorders: Anorexia Nervosa
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Many have wondered if the images of extremely thin people in the media cause individuals to develop eating disorders. This is an excellent question especially when one considers the types of images that constantly display on television‚ magazines‚ and internet advertisements. Average weight or overweight people are rarely seen in the media. And unfortunately‚ when overweight individuals appear in movies and television they are often the brunt of jokes or presented as laughing stocks‚ such as Jonah
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