Eating disorders are defined as any of a range of psychological disorders characterized by abnormal or disturbed eating habits. Eating disorders are serious problems that can result in poor health and psychological issues. Anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating are severe psychological disorders that can be detrimental to one’s mental and physical stature. Anorexia Nervosa is an extreme fear of becoming overweight, and it leads to excessive dieting to the point of serious ill health and sometimes death. Anorexia Nervosa is rampantly seen in young woman and young men. Anorexia can lead to other psychological diseases like perfectionism and depression, and is related with starvation. People who have Anorexia are said to weigh 85% less than other …show more content…
Many different things can influence anorexia such as: the media and celebrities because of the image that celebrities pose as super skinny, Whether or not your family has a history of anorexia, if you play athletics you have a higher risk, but being a young female is the trait that is the most risk full to having Anorexia. There are physical, behavioral, and emotional symptoms for Anorexia. The Physical symptoms for Anorexia are severe weight loss, brittle bones, balding, and lightheadedness. The behavioral symptoms that people who have anorexia are diet fluctuation, lessened social activity, fear of gaining fat, extreme amounts exercise, and a fixation with food and weight. The emotional symptoms of Anorexia are anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. Anorexia treatment varies on the severity of the case. If it is an extreme case patient may have to be sent to the hospital to treat starvation, dehydration, and any other illness’ this has provoked. For a patient that isn’t as severe and does not have a life threatening …show more content…
Since patients are averagely sized humans most of the purging and massive eating is done covertly which leads to many cases going unnoticed and not helped. It is hypothesized that roughly 1 out of 4 young women will have bulimia at a point in their life (“Psychology Today,” n.d.). Symptoms of bulimia include binge eating, feeling that one cannot stop eating, purging behaviors, and that physical appearance means a lot to one. Physical symptoms include inflamed and swollen throat parts, wearing down of tooth enamel from stomach acid, and organ failure from excessive and lack of nutrients. Bulimia can be caused by a change of emotion, prolonged stress, and dieting. This change makes a person want to binge eat, but then the person feels bad about all this eating, thus leading to the purging which makes one feel better about themselves. Like Anorexia, the modern day culture of skinny models and celebrities influences both men and women to have that look. If your family is linked to having relatives with bulimia than you are at a higher risk. Traits such as
There are many different characteristics associated with a person who has been diagnosed with anorexia. Anorectics have a distorted image of their bodies. In other words, they see themselves as fat even when they are emaciated. They also have an obsessive preoccupation with food and thinness. Anorectics suffer from depression, mood disturbance, chronic feelings of low self-esteem, and insomnia or other sleeping disorders. Another common symptom is amenorrhea. This is a loss of menses or not achieving menarche if the disorder begins before puberty. Anorectics also impose extreme dieting or exercise practices on themselves.
Anorexia is a serious and life threatening condition. It can result in death due to starvation, heart failure, or electrolyte imbalance. The first step in helping someone suffering with anorexia is to diagnose the physical characteristics attributed with the disease...
Eating disorders are characterized by gross disturbances in eating behavior and include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, eating disorders not otherwise specified(NOS), and binge eating disorder. Also, several researchers have coined the term anorexia athletics.
Anorexia is a mental problem manifested in a physical form. Treatment includes both mental health and professional as well as a primary health care physician. Also regular therapy, nutritional counseling, and possible medication can help treat this disorder. Support groups also play an extreme role into recovering from anorexia.
Anorexia nervosa, more commonly known as anorexia- an emotional and medical disorder, generally is the lack of food consumption due to a constant fear of gaining weight, an objection to preserve or control a healthy body weight, and a mentally distorted body image. This primarily begins with ones misery with their body. You start to block out everything in your life (school, work, friends, and hobbies) and mainly focus on meals and what should or shouldn’t be consumed. The thing that mainly diagnoses one as anorexic is the simple fact that "... No matter how skinny you become, it's never enough." People diagnosed with this eating order are often in denial and see no wrong doings when they could potentially reach a state of health the body cannot maintain and die.
According to Laura Shapiro, a notable researcher on eating disorders, the medical condition of anorexia consists of several elements. By definition, anorexia nervosa is a condition characterized by intense fear of gaining weight or becoming obese, as well as a distorted body image, and a feeling of loss of control (Shapiro 69).
Eating disorders are serious conditions related to persistent eating behaviors that negatively impact your health, your emotions and your ability to function in important areas of life. The most common eating disorders are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder.
Anorexia Nervosa is a mental condition which affects one’s both physical and mental health. It is a condition that causes one to have a distorted self-image and forces themselves to starve even if their body weight is already dangerously low. They often restrict their food intake to the point where they are extremely thin. Anorexia is found to occur most often in women, especially those who are aged 15 to 35. There have been cases reported as early as the age of 7 and as late as the age of 80. Researchers believe that about 5 to 10 percent of women overall have a distorted body image but approximately 1 to 2 percent of those women suffer from anorexia nervosa. Often at times anorexia can begin during the early teen years. Over 90 percent of the victims of anorexia are found to be women but yet many cases go unnoticed or unreported.
Anorexia nervosa is a potentially life-threatening eating disorder characterized by a lack of self-esteem, an intense fear of becoming obese, and self-induced starvation due to a distorted body image (Durham, 1991). Anorexia can occur later in life, but it is most common in girls between the ages of fourteen and eighteen. According to the Center for Change, recent estimates suggest that 1% of Americans within this age range will, to some degree, develop anorexia and 10-20% will eventually die from related complications.
An eating disorder is defined as a disturbance in an individual’s eating behavior; whether it is from the lack of eating, or overeating. Anyone is at risk with an eating disorder, men, women, and even children are at risk too; no one is considered immune to this. There are many risks of having an eating disorder. Several things can lead to having an eating disorder such as stress, psychological and sociological reasoning, and even genetics.
In 2001, the American Anorexia and Bulimia Association found that of those who develop eating disorders, about 150,000 die of anorexia. It has the highest death rate for any psychiatric disorder (White 219). Eating disorders are complex conditions that can arise from a variety of potential causes. People with anorexia nervosa have a real fear of weight gain and a distorted view of their body size and shape. As a result, teens with anorexia restrict their food intake by dieting, fasting, or excessive exercise. Others with anorexia may start binge eating and purging — eating a lot of food and then trying to get rid of the calories by forcing themselves to vomit, using laxatives, or exercising excessively, or some combination of these, which also leads to bulimia. People with anorexia nervosa have true fears in gaining weight and what body size or shape category they fit in. As a result, these individuals with anorexia nervosa limit how much food they eat in different way such as; dieting, fasting, or exuberant exercise. This disorder can also lead to binge eating and purging, which means eating copious amounts of food at one sitting and then self-inducing their bodies to regurgitate the food. This leads to problems with bulimia. Accordingly, anorexia nervosa develops from the multi-faceted problems in lack of education of; interpersonal, psychological, and social factors. The education of these factors will increase awareness, which in turn will decrease the development of anorexia nervosa.
There are many symtoms of anorexia. Some are visible changes, like extreme weight loss. Others involve the inside of the body. The symptoms of anorexia are:
You probably hear about eating disorders, and how they can be do dangerous, but what are eating disorders exactly? Eating disorders are a groups of serious conditions in which you are so preoccupied with the food that you eat and how much you weigh, you often focus on little else (http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/eating-disorders/basics/definition/con-20033575
Girls that suffer from anorexia usually stop having menstrual periods. People with anorexia also have dry skin and thinning hair on their heads. They may have a growth of fine hair all over their body. They may feel cold all the time, and they may get sick quit often. People with anorexia are often in a bad mood. They have a hard time concentrating and are always thinking about food. It is not true that anorexics are never hungry, actually they are always hungry. Feeling hunger gives them a feeling of control over their lives and their bodies. It makes them feel like they are good at something; they are good at losing weight. People with severe anorexia may be at risk of death from starvation.
Today, as many as 10 out of 100 young teens struggle with an eating disorder. Each year, many teens develop eating disorders, or problems related to their weight, body image, and food. Anorexia is a serious eating disorder associated with an intense fear of weight gain and food. People who suffer from anorexia limit the amount of food they eat and have a distorted view of their body size and shape and may become dangerously thin. That is because the disorder affects not only their body but also their mind. Although the cause of anorexia is not fully understood, there is evidence that physical, biological, and social triggers are part of problems in anorexia. All of these causes revolve around the society we are living in today.