Lindsay Chandler LKC5074@psu.edu Home Assignment #1—Health Issue: Binge Eating Disorder When one thinks of prevalent eating disorders in the United States‚ anorexia and bulimia likely first come to mind. A recent study‚ though‚ conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health shows that binge eating disorder is more prevalent than anorexia nervosa and bulimia. Unlike those with bulimia‚ people with binge eating disorder consume large quantities of food without purging. Although the negative
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Prevalence of Eating Disorders among Young Girls in Today’s Society. Due to the prevalence of mass-media advertising in the United States‚ eating disorders among young girls are more pervasive in the U.S. than other well-developed countries. According to the estimates of The National Institute of Mental Health in the US‚ “between 5 – 10% (i.e. 5-10 million people) of girls and women suffer from eating disorders (Hastings et. al.‚ 2002).” Eating disorders‚ specifically binge eating disorder‚ is
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chocolates‚ especially dark chocolate. According to several researches conducted on dark chocolate‚ it is proved that there are so many health benefits of eating dark chocolate in a moderate amount. Please note‚ only dark chocolate is beneficial for health not white‚ semi-sweet‚ milk or any other type of chocolate. Here‚ I have listed some crucial advantages of eating dark chocolate: Instant source of energy Dark chocolate is an instant source of energy because it is calorie rich food. You can give
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Health and Sleep With the rapid development of modern technology‚ people care more about material needs than spiritual. Therefore‚ health becomes the most important factor of our lives‚ and sleep plays a very important role in everyone’s health. People should lead a healthy lifestyle‚ especially‚ have a great sleep. Sleep is a naturally recurring state characterized by reduced or absent consciousness‚ relatively suspended sensory activity‚ and inactivity of nearly all voluntary muscles.
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Psychology 2 10 May 2014 Eating Disorders Many men and women suffer from eating disorders. Anorexia nervosa‚ bulimia nervosa‚ and binge eating disorder are three common types of eating disorders. Anorexia nervosa is when a person has a compulsion to lose weight even though they are severely underweight. A person that is bulimic has a compulsion to eat a great amount of food‚ then vomit or take laxatives to get rid of the food. Binge-eating disorder is when a person has a compulsion to binge‚
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magazines. It also did not include television programs‚ internet‚ or any other type of media in the questionnaire which may also lead girls to wan to change their body shape. Second Article The next article I read was titled‚ “Viewership of Pro-Eating Disorder Websites: Association with Body
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Healthful Eating Habits of African Americans Nathan L. Smith COM 150 Effective Essay Writing September 19‚ 2010 Instructor: Raechell Garrett America is an overweight nation with many being considered obese; African Americans in particular‚ make up a considerable fraction of the population due mainly to culturally poor eating habits and inactive lifestyles. The latest Gallup-Healthways well-being Index survey shows that up to 63.1% of the US population was overweight or obese in 2009. That
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story "Eating green" she has a theory about the planet becoming a healthier place to live if everyone became a vegetarian‚ which I believe is true. Lundberg talks about her childhood and how right off the bat her mother had her eating healthy food and that pretty much stuck with her through out her whole life. "We had two vegetables with every meal‚ ate plain yogurt for breakfast‚ and excercised with jack LaLanne." If most families started off like that it would be easier for kids to enjoy eating healthier
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Outdoor Eating and Food Safety The following are guidelines for a safe‚ healthy barbecues and outdoor eating. Cooking and eating outdoors simply requires the same knowledge of food and standards of hygiene as those used in the kitchen. Barbecue hints and tips A sheltered‚ level site away from anything that could catch fire is best. Never try to move a lit barbecue‚ or leave it unattended. Good timing A charcoal barbecue needs to be lit about 45 minutes before you would like to start
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Eating disorders are very serious mental and physical health diseases. Although‚ contrary to popular belief‚ they are not started by depression or the single cause of weight loss and controlling the body shape. The causes run much deeper than just weight loss‚ and often include cultural and family pressures.(1) There is so much to consider when it comes to the causes of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa‚ which include negative family influences‚ genetic factors‚ cultural pressures and hormonal
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