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    balance by unreasonably overeating. Every piece of food that a dieter has been shunned from eating‚ is consumed. The person will excessively devour food; soon after the act‚ the dieter is left with feel self loathing and may even purge or use laxatives in attempt to erase the previous episode. Fad diets cause this predicament because of the radical regulations placed in their

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    Society’s Body Image Ideals‚ Media‚ and its Effect on Women There is a saying that beauty is only skin-deep; this skin must be very deep because beauty seems to affect every woman’s life. Why is that men are judged by what they do‚ what they drive‚ possess‚ etc‚ while women are judged by how they look? We live in a cruel‚ cold world‚ where a woman is not a complete package if she does not meet the society’s standard of beauty. For a man‚ their mind matters‚ where for a woman‚ the outer matters

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    Dying To Be Thin: Anorexia Nervosa The individual may not recognize that her weight loss or not eating at all is a problem. Anorexics may be afraid of losing control over the amount of food they eat; thus‚ they want to control their emotions‚ and reactions to their emotions. Stacy was a beautiful 16-year-old girl. At that age everyone adored her: her friends‚ her teachers‚ her parents‚ etc. She was on the honor roll in school. She was very athletic‚ being on the track team‚ soccer team‚ and the

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    anorexia nervosa‚ when someone tries to keep their weight as low as possible‚ for example by starving themselves or exercising excessively bulimia‚ when someone tries to control their weight by binge eating and then deliberately being sick or using laxatives (medication to help empty their bowels) binge eating‚ when someone feels compelled to overeat Causes of eating disorders Eating disorders are often blamed on the social pressure to be thin‚ as young people in particular feel they should look

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    or any other detox program to cleanse your body or to help you lose weight”. “Lean muscle and fluids are the first to go on starvation diets not belly fat” Johnson says.(2) This diet guarantees you will lose 20 pounds in 10 days. You are taking laxatives and very little calories so probability is that you will most likely lose water weight and lean muscle mass. You will not lose fat doing this diet just pounds. Because you are putting your body in starvation mode your metabolism may stall .which

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    habits in women and girls. The American research group Anorexia Nervosa & Related Eating Disorders‚ Inc. says that one of every four college aged women uses unhealthy methods of weight control. For example‚ fasting‚ skipping meals‚ excessive exercise‚ laxative abuse‚ and self-induced vomiting. The pressure to be thin is also affecting much younger girls. The Canadian Women’s Health Network says that weight control measures are now being taken by

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    Can You Lose It? Wrestling‚ the world’s oldest sport and still considered today the most difficult and grueling of them all. When wrestling the wrestler must decide what the best weight class is for him to wrestle at‚ most of the time this means losing weight to wrestle at a lower class and although it is not seen that often bumping up a weight class may occur. Wrestlers will lose weight at any costs and this has been proven to be very fatal in the cases of Billy Saylor‚ Joseph LaRosa‚ and Jeff

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    Eating Disorders in Adolescent Girls Eating disorders are a group of mental disorders that interfere with normal food consumption. They may lead to serious health problems and‚ in the case of both bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa‚ even death. The major recognized eating disorders are anorexia nervosa‚ bulimia‚ and binge eating disorder. An eating disorder is a serious psychological condition. The sufferer is obsessed with food‚ diet and often body image to the point where their quality of

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    Mitterer‚ 2013‚ Chapter 13).  These people have the fear of gaining weight even though they are way under that weight. The second major eating disorder is Bulimia nervosa. Bulimic is when someone ones eats then forcing their selves to vomit or takes a laxative to not gain weight. These people look in the mirror and often see a reflection that is not what they really look like. They seem their selves as looking heavier than they are. Their mind makes them see something other than what they actually look

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