An eating disorder is a psychological disorder characterized by abnormal or disturbed eating habits. There are different kinds of eating disorders‚ such as anorexia nervosa‚ bulimia nervosa‚ and binge-eating disorder. Anybody can have an eating disorder‚ and there are many factors and causes to having one. Eating disorders are important concerns to society‚ but there can be many solutions to them. There are an increasing number of people with an eating disorder‚ and those who have one have to go
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Informative speech assignment #1 Purpose: To inform my fellow classmates about the seriousness of an eating disorder. Thesis: To better inform the class about the seriousness of an eating disorder. Ill be discussing what and eating disorder is‚ why do people develop an eating disorder‚ and how can an eating disorder be treated. Intro: Attention Getter: There are 8 million Americans with an eating disorder; 7 million of them being woman while 1 million of them are. If you are to look at me now
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A survey of students’ eating habit related to breakfast‚ plant food and junk food. Student name: William Student number: 13035632 Teacher: Anna Abstract This report investigates eating habits among students according to their first meal of the day‚ plant food intake and amount of junk food they eat. This research was carried out through a questionnaire containing 11 questions related to all the sub-topics mentioned above. The sample was 30 students‚ males and females from different
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Skinny Healthy Breakfast Topic: Ten minute breakfast Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about several unexpected benefits that we can get from eating breakfast. Central Idea: People who normally consume breakfast will get several benefits not only on their health but also their weight. Introduction How many times have you skipped breakfast because you are too rushing to go to class? Many of you may think that breakfast is not such
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A healthy diet is one that helps maintain or improve health. It is important for lowering many chronic health risks‚ such as obesity‚ heart disease‚ diabetes‚ hypertension and cancer.[1] A healthy diet involves consuming appropriate amounts of all essential nutrients and an adequate amount of water. Nutrients can be obtained from many different foods‚ so there are numerous diets that may be considered healthy. A healthy diet needs to have a balance of macronutrients (fats‚ proteins‚ and carbohydrates)
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MINDFUL EATING VS. YO-YO DIETING I used to ask myself all the time—“What is “normal” (Mindful) eating?” Wait‚ actually I still do that. Doesn’t all of America? Isn’t everybody looking for that perfect diet to satisfy themselves? Or to try and look better in their clothes or at least feel better? Nowadays it seems as though everyone is trying to lose unwanted weight. We are bombarded with numerous infomercials and pop-ups about “miracle diets.” The funny thing is that these so called “fad
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Performance Megan Orcholski November 15‚ 2012 Eating disorders “Approximately 7-10 million women across the country suffer from eating disorders. Most research into these serious disorders has been conducted on females. However‚ as many as a million men may also struggle with the diseases” stated EDAP in 2012. Eating disorders are very serious conditions that cause people distress by obsessing over not gaining weight and intense anxiety about food. Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate
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Eating Disorders Eating disorders are characterized by severe disturbances in eating behavior. (Strada 2001) An eating disorder can be viewed as normal by the affected person. Just as an alcoholic uses alcohol to avoid or deal with their problems‚ a person with an eating disorder can use eating‚ purging or not eating food to deal with their problems. Some of the problems that are associated with an eating disorder include low self esteem‚ depression‚ feelings of loss of control‚ feelings of worthlessness
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Ways to Live a Healthy Lifestyle By Paige WaehnerApril 03‚ 2014 Brazilian Foresty feeds Investors Returns of 12-22% p.a. Invest now. You hear a lot about living a healthy lifestyle‚ enough that the phrase ’healthy lifestyle’ may be one we’d like to permanently retire. The problem is‚ that phrase describes the life we need to live if we want to feel good and look good. So‚ what does it actually mean? Well‚ there are the obvious things that describe a healthy person: He or she
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lose weight‚ it will prevent you from developing health risks. Although not everyone who has unhealthy eating habits will develop health risks‚ heart disease and obesity are most common in people who make unhealthy choices. If someone is overweight‚ feels fatigued most of the time‚ and most of their meals are not made at home‚ chances are they may be making unhealthy choices. Unhealthy eating consists of greasy‚ processed foods‚ fast food‚ junk food‚ sugary foods and too much caffeine to name
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