Based on author Rae Earl’s 2007 book My Fat‚ Mad Teenage Diary‚ a collection of real diary entries from the author’s youth was adapted into British television series. In the pilot of the series Rae (Rachel Rae Earl)‚ She was released from the psychiatric hospital where she’s spent months recovering from a suicide attempt. “I’m 16‚ I weigh 231 pounds‚ and I live in Lincolnshire‚” she writes in a diary whose entries are binned as the show’s narration. In many senses‚ she’s a regular‚ working-class
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Binge Eating disorder 1. What is a binge eating disorder? People with binge eating disorder often eat an unusually large amount of food and feel out of control during the binges. People with binge eating disorder also may: • eat more quickly than usual during binge episodes • eat until they are uncomfortably full • eat when they are not hungry • eat alone because of embarrassment • feel disgusted‚ depressed‚ or guilty after overeating 2. What are the signs and symptoms of a binge
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T-Th 12:30 – 1:45 Vandiver Binge Drinking Among College Students Many studies show that the majority of college students binge drink. Those who binge drink are more likely to be male‚ involved in a fraternity or sorority (Weschler‚ 1995)‚ are athletes (Presley et al. 2002)‚ and are more likely to be arrested for alcohol related incidents than other students (Leinfelt & Fredrik 2004). Students who binge drink show lower GPA’s‚ drug abuse‚ unplanned sexual activity‚ and drive under the influence
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Many scholars have discovered that binge drinking at an early age can lead to lasting damage to your body‚ and especially the brain. It can lower a number of stem cells in a person’s hippocampus. Besides all these facts‚ drinking is still socially acceptable‚ but why is that? The term binge drinking refers to the heavy consumption of alcohol over a short amount of time‚ and when teenagers drink at parties‚ they do it to get wasted. We all kind of know the side effects of drinking‚ not only the day
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In simplest terms Netflix defines binge-watching as the following: streaming between two and six episodes of the same TV show in a single sitting. Based on this definition more than 60% of Netflix users participate in binge-watching on a regular occurrence. Everyday millions of users come into contact with a television show or series of movies that seem to hinder the responsibilities and activities that an individual had once participated in on a daily basis. Binge-watching Netflix has proved at being
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Binge eating disorder is an eating disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of eating large quantities of food often very quickly and to the point of discomfort‚ a feeling of a loss of control during the Binge Eating Disorder. You experience shame‚ distress‚ and guilt after. Binge eating disorder is the most common eating disorder in the United States‚ affecting 3.5 percent of women‚ 2 percent of men‚ and up to 1.6 percent of adolescents. Full recognition of Binge Eating Disorder as an eating
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Binge eating is also referred to as compulsive overeating. Usually it comes about in your late teens or early adulthood‚ although it can be earlier. It starts after a major diet most times. Some key things about binge eating disorders are episodes os uncontrollable binge eating‚ there are no attempts to make up for the binges‚ and feeling upset or distressed after binging. Some one who has a eating disorders have feelings of disgust‚ depression‚ and guilt. They want to stop‚ but they feel as though
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Teen Binge Drinking Can Do Long-Term Brain Damage First of all‚ what is binge drinking? Binge drinking refers to the act of drinking heavily over a short period of time or drinking continuously over a number of days or weeks. If someone drinks heavily over a long period of time‚ they can become physically and psychologically dependent upon alcohol. Their body gets used to functioning with alcohol present and drinking can become more important than other activities in their life. Over time‚ alcohol
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article‚ "Alcohol use‚ binge drinking continues to fall among underage‚ reports finds". I honestly didn’t believe it‚ I’ve only remember hearing bad stuff about my generation. Like how we’re more lazier than the past generations‚ higher pregnancy among teens‚ not as capable as others. BUT look at us now! We don’t love the sauce as much as you guys(past generations)! Robert Gebelhoff writer for the Washington Post says‚ "A new government report found that both drinking and binge drinking among young
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being able to maintain necessary life skills. If the minimum alcohol age was lowered from twenty-one to eighteen for example‚ younger peers of the new alcohol consumption age (12 to 17 years old) would then have easier access to alcohol. Colleges want to lower the minimum drinking age for the students who are underage to excuse them from illegal charges that may arise if they were illegally drinking. Instead‚ society would see an increase in academic failure starting with high school and middle school-aged
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