Eating disorders are becoming more and more prevalent in our modern day society. The three most common eating disorders are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating. Though there are more eating disorders they usually tend to be a subtype or characteristic of these three disorders. Though diet fads and getting healthy are gaining more popularity it is still hard to define and detect an eating disorder. Eating disorders such as, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating are typically caused by low self-esteem and the pressure of being accepted by peers and can lead to serious medical consequences. Angie Best-Boss in her book “The Everything Parent's Guide to Eating Disorders” defines eating disorders as “ a serious, potentially life threatening, biologically based mental illness, usually characterized by daily functioning affected by disordered body image, a preoccupation with and anxiety related to food and eating, and disordered eating”. (Best-boss, VI) This definition describes an eating disorder as a mental issue, due to the fact that when someone suffers from an eating disorder they are most likely already depressed or anxious. Eating disorders are also considered mental disorders because “brain chemistry, function, and structure in patients with eating disorders are different from the brains of those without and eating disorder” (Best-Boss, 2). Eating disorders affect not only teens and adults but children as well. “The number of children under the age of twelve who are admitted to the hospital for eating disorders sky- rocketed over 19 percent from 1996-2006.” (Best-Boss, 2) Though they are hard to define, eating disorders are usually characterized by children denying anything this is wrong ev... ... middle of paper ... ...more disordered a person’s eating is the loss objective her view of her body. (Herin and Matsumoto 170) Works Cited 1. Best-Boss, Angie. The Everything Parent's Guide to Eating Disorders: The Information You Need to See the Warning Signs, Help Promote Positive Body Image, and Develop a Recovery Plan for Your Child. Avon, MA: Adams Media, 2012. Print. 2. Engel, Bridget, Natalie Staats Reiss, and Mark Dombeck. "Introduction to Eating Disorders." Introduction to Eating Disorders. Centersite.net, 2 Feb. 2007. Web. 22 Jan. 2014. 3. Herrin, Marcia, and Nancy Matsumoto. The Parent's Guide to Eating Disorders: Supporting Self-esteem, Healthy Eating, & Positive Body Image at Home. 2nd ed. Carlsbad, CA: Gürze, 2007. Print. 4. Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 21 Jan. 2014. 5. Schulherr, Susan. Eating Disorders for Dummies. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Pub., 2008. Print.
“Eating disorders are ‘about’: yes, control, and history, philosophy, society, personal strangeness, family fuck-ups, autoerotics, myth, mirrors, love and death and S&M, magazines and religion, the individual’s blindfolded stumble-walk through an ever-stranger world.” (Hornbacher, 4)
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Many citizens in the United States and other parts of the world fight with weight and body image issues. Most exercise and eat healthy to help their problems. Some take a more unhealthy and sometimes deadly route. An estimated five million people are affected by eating disorders each year (Alters & Schiff, 2003, p.36). Eating disorders are more common among females. At least three percent of women have some type of an eating disorder (Alters & Schiff, 2003, p.36). Eating disorders are classified as persistent, abnormal eating patterns that can threaten a person?s health and well being. There are three major types of eating disorders: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and compulsive overeating.
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Eating Disorders are on a rapid rise in the United States today, they sweep the halls of Junior High School, High Schools, College Campuses and even Elementary Schools. These disorders are often referred to by professionals as the “Deadly Diet,” however you may know them as Anorexia or Bulimia. Eating disorder effect more than 20% of young females and males in today’s society. Ranging in age from thirteen to forty. It is very rare for a child of a young age to not know someone who is suffering from an eating disorder or symptoms that are associated with one. Statistically it has been proven that one out of every five young woman suffer from serious issues dealing with eating and or weight. (Bruch, 25)
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Overall, eating disorders are a very sensitive topic and can be suffered by anyone no matter their background, weight, age or gender. Anyone has the ability to be diagnosed with an eating disorder. It is important to teach children young healthy habits with eating and exercise.
An eating disorder is characterized when eating, exercise and body image become an obsession that preoccupies someone’s life. There are a variety of eating disorders that can affect a person and are associated with different characteristics and causes. Most cases can be linked to low self esteem and an attempt to, “deal with underlying psychological issues through an unhealthy relationship with food” (“Eating Disorders and Adolescence,” 2013). Eating disorders typically develop during adolescence or early adulthood, with females being most vulner...
Anorexic: this word is an adjective, a label, and to some, a lifestyle. Medically speaking, it is someone who suffers from the deadly and heartbreaking disease, Anorexia Nervosa. This term translates to “nervous loss of appetite”, but anyone who has battled through this sickness is aware how that is anything but true. Eating disorder patients do not, in fact, lose their appetite; there is more to it than that. Many perceive eating disorders as a choice to be thin, a diet, or a cry for attention; they do not see the mental destruction going on inside of the mind. Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness, yet only 30% of people fully recover (ANAD). The general mindset that society has about eating disorders walks hand in hand with these statistics, slowing down any advances patients may be able to make. Eating disorder patients are not getting proper treatment because of ignorant misconceptions about the illness.
(Thesis Statement)Eating disorders are something that are very common among all people. However, they are not often talked about or understood and this is something we need to fix as a society.
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Eating disorders are a big issue in society these days. Young adults and adults are starting to have body images that are likely not reachable. More than 8 million people suffer from an eating disorder in America itself. Eating disorders are mental disorders about abnormal eating or not eating enough a day. There many eating disorders including Anorexia nervosa, Bulimia, Binge eating disorders and lots more. All these and more eating disorders is a way people thinking that they can escape their problems.