Eating Disorders: Obesity‚ Anorexia‚ and Bulimia Obesity in America has become rather traditional for our nation with over 60 percent of adult Americans are overweight and 30 percent actually being considered obese. Obesity is a condition in which an individual weighs 20 percent or more above the desirable weight for his or her height. People try to get rid of excess weight by starving or sweating it off‚ which can lead eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia. Studies have shown that children
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Running head: Binge Eating Disorder Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Binge Eating Disorder February 21‚ 2014 Abnormal Psychology Dr. Jean Nyland Spring‚ 2014 Abstract This paper is a review of the current literature in DSM-5 for how it relates to the diagnosis and treatment of “Binge Eating Disorder” (BED). In the United States BED affects approximately 3.5% of the female‚ and 2% of the male population. This equivocates to a substantial amount of children
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Body Fat and Eating Disorders Paper Steven Pope-Coney SCI/241 November 20‚ 2014 Mary Findley Body Fat and Eating Disorders Paper The definition of body composition is the body’s qualified amount of fat to fat-free mass. Body composition is made up of two parts of mass. These parts are fat free mass and fat‚ fat free mass is made up of bones‚ muscle‚ water and tissue. Body fat is located inside the human body and protects the internal organs‚ provides sufficient energy‚ manages hormones which perform
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the subject of eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia; unfortunately it is because these disorders seem to be becoming more and more common. The question that remains is whether eating disorders such as these are simply personal problems of the individuals‚ or if they have become a social problem that needs to be addressed more aggressively. Having grown up in this society‚ I see this issue as a definite social problem. To say that these increasingly common eating disorders are personal problems
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Are eating disorders culture-bound or universal? We‚ in the West live in an image conscious culture‚ which urges all of us (especially women) to improve our appearance. Although eating disorders are stereotyped as being western cultured mental illnesses this does not necessarily mean that they do not exist on the other side of the world in developing countries. “Eating disorders are characterised by an abnormal attitude towards food that causes someone to change their eating habits and behaviour
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Athletes and Eating Disorders Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental disorder. According to the National Eating Disorders Association (2013) in the United States twenty million women suffer from a clinically significant eating disorder at some time in their life including anorexia‚ bulimia nervosa‚ binge eating and others. There seems to be a correlation between women sports‚ for example dancing‚ gymnastics‚ figure skating ...etc.‚ and eating disorders. These
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Binge Eating Disorder (BED) is the most common eating disorder in the worldwide. The disorder impacts people of all ages including children and adolescents‚ races‚ and levels of education and income. People don’t even do moderate level of exercise‚ do not avoid eating food‚ and keep piling fats in their body thus number of unhealthy people are rising every day. As these people tend to be disgusted by their bodies and distraught about their overeating. People with binge eating disorder are frequently
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Deshaies Topic: Eating Disorders General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about eating disorders. Central Idea: Today I would like to share with you about eating disorders: what they are‚ their effects‚ how you can treat them‚ and how to recognize if someone you know has an eating disorder. INTRODUCTION Attention-getter: Did you know that it is estimated that eight million Americans have an eating disorder and only one in ten people with eating disorders actually get
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Eating Disorders: Who is to be held responsible? Abstract Only a thin line separates “normal” dieting from an eating disorder. (Hesse-Biber‚ 1996) Unfortunately for young women in this day and age‚ social and economic factors pressure them to pursue the thinness ideal‚ even to the point of dangerous behavior. At one point in time‚ dieting would have been considered one of the ways to improve one’s health. Today’s society has been brainwashed to believe that in order to be healthy‚ one has to
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Determining risk factors‚ consequences‚ and protective measures of Body Dissatisfaction and Eating Disorders Determining risk factors‚ consequences‚ and protective measures of Body Dissatisfaction and Eating Disorders Body image is an individual’s perception of his or her own body in terms of sexual attractiveness. Human society has emphasized on beauty of the human body for a long time. However‚ an individual’s perception of their own body may differ from society’s standards‚ thus
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