Chapter 34 is about a study among "57 college age women at a university and these women lives both on and off campus, mostly white ages between 18-25 years of age" (Chapter 34, pg. 410-411). Chapter 34 mentions how, "Drug use and eating disorders among college women are high because of sudden transition change from high-school to college along with pressure with courses, dating and peer expectations that contribute to eating disorders and drug use among college women" (Chapter 34, pg. 410-411). Within this study, the chapter mentions how "these women would use either street drugs or pharmaceuticals for weight control" (Chapter 34, pg. 411). This chapter also mentions how "these women often hid the fact that they were uses drugs and their eating
Referring back to the symptoms and warning signs of Anorexia Nervosa , these young women explained methods and ways they tried to self-harm. Some examples of signs of Anorexia Nervosa include, withdrawal from friends and activities, low self-esteem, feelings of guilt after eating, abuse of diuretics, and the intense anxiety of gaining weight. Each of these four women showed these signs and more throughout their treatment. I was surprised to learn that after they left the treatment facility, they relapsed and went back to being underweight. Another thing that also caught my attention was Alisa’s drawing of her body. She labeled everything that was wrong with her such as saddlebags, muffin top, and areas that she needed to tone up just to name a few. Each woman mentioned that their goal was to be thin. The thought of weighing more than a hundred pounds was the worst thing they could
Everyday people are peer pressured and influenced into multiple unhealthy behaviors. Acts such smoking, alcoholism, and unprotected intercourse are frequent issues in any lifestyle. Friends, family, and especially the media have a way of twisting a person’s mindset into believing these unhealthy choices are safe. Currently, the most reoccurring phenomenon is issues with drugs. More often than not, there are reports on people misusing and abusing drugs, particularly celebrities and athletes.
Experts who study the concept of the “Freshman 15” are deeply divided in their findings. Some downplay the significance of the problem of freshman weight gain, basing their findings only on the average weight gain among college students. In a study done by the Journal of American College Health, found that of the 59 percent of students who gained weight the average increase was only 4.6 pounds. They concluded their study by stating that they believed the Freshman 15 is a myth, based upon that premise (Graham, and Jones). The truth is that fifty-nine percent of the students studied did gain weight, and not all students are going to gain exactly fifteen pounds. Other experts do however believe that weight gain among college freshman is a very serious problem. Registered dietitian Ann Selkowitz Litt recently authored, “The College Students Guide to Eating Well on Campus,” which is designed to help college students make the right eating choices. On an online chat with several college students on USA Today’s website she stated that “College students now are gaining the "freshman 20" or "freshman 25.” She blames the growing problem on erratic eating habits, the drinking large quantities of alcoh...
Kidney failure, heart problems, spleen dysfunction, bone and muscle loss, and finally death; these are only a couple of the deadly effects associated with anorexia and bulimia. As Mim Udovitch states, “About one in 200 American women suffers from anorexia; two or three in 100 suffer from bulimia.” (Udovitch 557) Through the combined works of Mim Udovitch and Lisa D. Galynker, the message was made clear and both sides of eating disorders were argued. In A Secret Society of the Starving Udovitch keeps a tone of anti pro-ana (against pro-anorexia) throughout the entire story. She repeatedly talks about pro-ana websites and how ridiculous and crazy they are. Udovitch is very persuasive with her choices of words and personal interviews. According to Galynker, Udovitch has a “dispassionate description of the girls and the “pro-ana” Web sites.” (Galynker 564) While Udovitch takes a reporter’s view upon the subject, Galynker takes the view of a trained medical Psychologist. Although Galynker and Udovitch discuss the same subject, their views and opinions are entirely opposed throughout the entire essay.
This article connects with other articles because it also highlights how some college students fail to realize the adverse side effects of taking and selling prescription stimulants due to the fact that it is a common practice in their environment, and there is little negative stigma attached to taking pills. The article from the Society for Prevention Research because found that when it comes to college students and drugs, there is a prevalent misuse of prescription stimulants due to dangerous misconceptions of the risks posed by misusing prescription stimulants. This article also gives an example of a study conducted by Amelia Arria in “2006 found that students who perceive prescription stimulants as relatively harmless are ten times more likely to use them than those who think that the drugs are extremely harmful”(Society for Prevention Research, 2008). This relates to the article from the University of South Carolina because they both thoroughly explain how the common misconceptions of prescription stimulants influence the prevalence of college students who misuse them. The article by Christian Teter, Sean McCabe, Kristy LaGrange, James Cranford, and Carol Boyd gives an overview of various reasons why some
Chapter 18: Israel expresses his feeling about what the boat was named, and ask Paul for it to be changed to something better, because the boat name reminds him of imprisonment, which reminds Israel where he have been the last few times when he was captured by authorities. When thinking that he could not find a replacement of the name, he yelled out “Poor Richard”, and Paul agreed with it and stated that “In honor of him saying that ‘God helps them that help themselves,’ as Poor Richard says.” (Melville, 131) A while after, it was renamed Bon Homme Richard. They traveled near the Cheviot Hills, which is between England and Scotland. When arriving in Scotland, Israel was put in the Pisa of the Richard to watch out for any man that comes into Scotland. Israel explains that his adventure so far with John Paul Jones comes from
What I find interesting in chapter 14 is the diagnosis and treatment section. The reason I find this section interesting is because I think it's amazing how new technology is introduce to the medical profession constantly to help with patients care. This allow health profession to diagnose illnesses and to treat them more effectively. For example, we can diagnose the size and location of a tumor cancer through PET or CT scan. Then there's 3-D ultrasonography that create 3-D images of various organs and structures. There's also surgery techniques that allow incisions of a 1/2 inch or less, which reduced postoperative pain, hospital stays, costs, and enable patients to return to normal function much more rapidly. This make me feel happy because
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Chapter 14 Segment 1: Art is everything that a person can create is an art. Possible music, dance and cooking. Everything that has to do with creativity means art. "When we talk about cultures or art in general, art does not have a place or a homeland. It is an art in general, which means that anyone who likes to hear any piece of music, whether Western, Arab or Asian, loves to hear it, it is not necessary that he understands the language or understands the tradition. Art is a sense, and as they say: Art has no homeland.
The misuse of prescription drugs among college students is a growing problem for this generation. There are more students taking non-prescribed prescription drugs for various reasons than ever before. The dangers associated with this are not well known and students do not realize the damage they are doing to themselves now, and the effects it will have on their body and mind in the future. Young people should be educated on this subject and recognize the risks they are taking by consuming these medications. Some use for recreational purposes and some simply use it to stay up late and study, not realizing that one is just as dangerous as the other. Prescription drugs are just as dangerous as street drugs and college students are misusing and abusing them without a second thought.
Chapter 25 mentions how, "anorexia and bulimia have emerged as a major health and social problems as well as bulimia affects 13 percent of college students, anorexia was 0.6 percent among college students and how the mortality rate of anorexia was 6 to 20 percent whereas; bulimia appears to be less life-threatening" (Chapter 25, pg. 286). Chapter 25 also mentions how, "eating disorders are most common among young, white middle to upper class women" (Chapter 25, pg. 286).
Matthews, John R. Library in a Book: Eating Disorders. New York: Facts on File Inc. 1991
In the article from New York Amsterdam News, the main argument that was that doctors blame the unhealthy body goals on images teenage girls see in the media today and that it affects their perception on what a healthy and attractive body is supposed to look like. The medical society of New York claimed that the fashion industry doesn’t cause eating disorders, but it blames the culture perception of beauty and the extremely unrealistic ideas of beauty that young women see in magazines and on models. The article claimed that half of America’s teenage girls have some sort of eating disorder, and 10 million women in the US are anorexic or bulimic. It also says that eating disorders are classified as unhealthy eating habits or behaviors that can
Chapter 10 is concerned with both modernism and industrial beauty. These concepts arose from the art and discipline of photography early in the 1880s and prevailed towards the early 1920s. This period is defined by a dramatic shift of subject matter away from historical and classical subject matter in favor of modern events and experimental representations of subject matter. Particularly, photographs of this time were evaluated with a criteria that can now be described as aesthetic formalism. This means that from is given emphasis over content. This means that the photographer intentionally contrives meaning which is interpretable by the viewer. The emphasis is more on the viewer to critically appreciate modern works but
After reading chapter 8, I realized that I had prior knowledge to the information that was provided in the chapter. With this in mind, the chapter’s main focus was on students being able to comprehend stories and the most important elements that comes from reading to students. One important part of information that was discussed in the textbook is the elements of story structure. The textbook states, “stories have unique structural elements that distinguish them from other forms of literature, In fact, the structure of stories is quite complex-plot, characters, setting and other elements interact to produce a story. Authors manipulate the elements to make their stories complex and interesting. The five most important elements of story structure are