Essays Tagged: "Eating disorder"

Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa

leading to an excessive weight loss from restricting food intake and excessive exercise.Bulimia: an eating disorder in which persistent overconcern with the body weight and shape leads to repeat episo ... with the onset of the disorders generally mid-teens to early twenties.2. What are the causes of the eating disorders Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia?There are many theories, but no clear picture. It is a ...

(4 pages) 188 0 4.1 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Critical Summary of Cultural Effects on Eating Attitudes in Israeli Subpopulations and Hospitalized Anorectics

In the article 'Cultural Effects on Eating Attitudes in Israeli Subpopulations and Hospitalized Anorectics (Apter Et Al, 1994), the auth ... lts they attained from conducting the survey.Apter explains to us that anorexia nervosa is a severe eating disorder that affects mostly upper & middle class teenage girls in the western world. Thi ... ple in professions where physical appearance is of extreme importance are more likely to develop an eating disorder. In the Western world, over the past two decades eating disorders have increased sub ...

(3 pages) 55 0 2.2 Mar/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Anorexia and bulimia: an overview of the disorder

olved. The food is often just how the problem manifests itself(Levenkron, 164). People will develop eating disorders when they feel they needcontrol. Controlling the body can seem like the ultimate co ... Controlling the body can seem like the ultimate control to the anorexic(Robbins, 33). Families with eating disorders often have dependency patternsthat are unhealthy (Robbins, 33). It isn't uncommon f ...

(3 pages) 192 3 3.4 Sep/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders

This paper is about anorexia in teenage girls discusses the problems

rexia and Teenage GirlsAnorexia Nervosa, as it is referred to in medical terminology, is an extreme eating disorder that predominantly affects the female gender, and in particular affects girls and wo ... itself in different forms, the most common symptoms occurring when girls attempt to lose weight by eating less foods, eating very infrequently or extremely tiny portions, and even fasting to the poin ...

(12 pages) 197 0 4.6 Dec/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Bulimia;topics;symptoms, causes, effects, treatments, what you can do to help get bulimia under control, risk factors, stress, and peer pressure, and who is most likely to develop bulimia.

Bulimia is a very serious psychological eating disorder. Bulimia is also called bulimia nervosa. It is characterized by episodes of binge wa ... an individual wats a very large amount of food than most people would in a similar situation. Binge eating is not a response to intense hunger. It is usually a response to depression, stress, or self ... re are alot of different symptoms you cant get with having bulimia. You tend to have frequent binge eating ( eating very large amounts of food in a short period of time). Eating uncontrollably, purgin ...

(4 pages) 156 1 4.1 Jan/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Anorexia Nervosa is the subject of this essay. This essay was part of a project I did on the eating disorder.

Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder in which a person refuses to eat for fear of weight gain. An anorexic may appear to ...

(2 pages) 90 0 4.6 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Media influence on Eating disorders

A social issue that continues to cause concern for society is the problem of eating disorders. Eating disorders come in a variety of ways and they can have far reaching affects ... ys and they can have far reaching affects on the physical and mental well being of the sufferer. An Eating Disorder is defined as being any emotional disorder that manifests itself in an irrational cr ... sts itself in an irrational craving for or avoidance of food. In North American there is widespread eating disorders that range from obesity to active starvation. This is particularly worrisome as tee ...

(3 pages) 171 2 3.9 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Eating Disorders

Eating plays a very important role in our lives. Not only is eating necessary to survival, but it is ... ost holidays, bringing joy to many people. However, for nearly 10 million people in the U.S. alone, eating is an enemy. These 10 million people suffer from some sort eating disorder, most commonly Ano ... e sort eating disorder, most commonly Anorexia nervosa or Bulimia nervosa.The first and most common eating disorder, affecting nearly seven million women and one million men each year, is Anorexia ner ...

(7 pages) 276 1 4.5 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Body image issues for wome.

ize and shape. A distorted body image can lead to self-destructive behaviour, like dieting or binge eating. Approximately nine out of 10 young Australian women have dieted at least once in their lives ... ape or size. It is well documented that even 'moderate' dieting increases the risk of developing an eating disorder amongst girls. If a woman feels self-conscious about her appearance, she may avoid e ...

(2 pages) 106 0 3.5 Aug/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Anorexia.

An eating disorder is a way of using food to work out emotional problems. These illnesses develop becau ... out emotional problems. These illnesses develop because of emotional and/or psychological problems. Eating disorders are the way some people deal with stress. In today's media and society, teenagers a ... d into thinking that being thin is the same thing as being happy and beautiful. The two most common eating disorders include anorexia and bulimia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa is a disease in which women ...

(1 pages) 40 0 4.7 Oct/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Anorexia.

ms.People who intentionally starve themselves or severely restrict their food intake suffer from an eating disorder called anorexia nervosa. The disorder, which usually begins in young people around t ... the condition. Food and weight become obsessions. For some, the compulsiveness shows up in strange eating rituals or the refusal to eat in front of others. It is not uncommon for people with anorexia ...

(5 pages) 123 0 5.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Women's roles in society, the pressures of being beautiful.

preparing ourselves for this level of competition requires strict training. Excessive exercise and eating disorders are not uncommon to find in women. The blows that women take to their self-esteem b ... images causes a great level of depression. One out of every four college students have some kind of eating disorder. It is said that weight control methods are being used as young as nine years old. 1 ...

(4 pages) 198 4 4.8 Nov/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

What is Anorexia?

percent of people with anorexia are men, the other ninety percent are women. Anorexia is a serious eating disorder in which a person refuses to eat enough food to maintain a minimum normal body weigh ... he diets when they are really young. As they grow older they eat less and less when they need to be eating more and more. Another cause of anorexia is being too concerned with pleasing others. Anorexi ...

(4 pages) 62 0 1.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

What is to be done about Obesity?

imated that 7% of the world's population is obese (Acumedic, 2003). The definition of obesity as an eating disorder is greatly disputed across culture and throughout biology. Obesity is when the intak ... trends in today's busy lifestyles have dramatically increased the amount of fat in the human diet. Eating meals in has become somewhat a concept of the past. Obtaining food to eat is made easy by fas ...

(3 pages) 232 0 3.4 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Anoerxia nervosa

Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder usually found in young adults. It is when they refuse to eat, or maintain a healthy ... s, there could also be an absence, or delay to menstruation. Depression usually follows one with an eating disorder, and many people fail to realize they even have one. If they are aware of the fact, ... ey even have one. If they are aware of the fact, they often deny it.If the person is aware of their eating disorder, they have a much better chance of recovering from it. Some people slip very far int ...

(2 pages) 47 1 4.8 Feb/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

Sports & Eating Disorders

oster for girls, being involved in some weight-conscious sports might put teenage girls at risk for eating disorders. But new research shows there are some warning signs that parents and coaches can l ... arents and coaches can look out for.An estimated 1,000,000 teenagers are affected in some way by an eating disorder and almost 90 percent of these teens were female. Although, some males, involved in ...

(3 pages) 69 0 3.5 Feb/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

The essay is titled Eating Disorders. It is 10 pages long(2102 words count). IT is double spaced. It is mainly about obesity and anorexia.

ittle do they know that this may turn out in harm rather than help for their body. It can result in eating disorders.When most people hear of someone with an eating disorder they almost automatically ... omeone with an eating disorder they almost automatically assume the person has a problem with food. Eating disorders are not a sign that a person has a problem with food; rather eating disorders are a ...

(8 pages) 264 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

"Empire Falls" by Richard Russo

vorce and was spoken of frequently through out the book, a school shooting, Miles's daughter had an eating disorder that lead to anorexic, and a credit card company moved into town and took over sever ...

(4 pages) 45 1 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Genre Study

To Eat or Not to Eat

"Eleven million women and one million men suffer from eating disorders" (Mosley 29), and "at least nine out of ten eating disorder sufferers are female" ( ... ciety only accepts slender builds, causing many to do drastic things such as throw up what they are eating or else not eat at all.There are many solutions, however, to the growing problem of eating di ... disorders. Author Benita Mosley believes that being an athlete will reduce the chance of getting an eating disorder, and she relays that in "Striking the Balance". USA Today published a story that sup ...

(7 pages) 118 0 4.1 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Health & Fitness

Athletes with eating disorders

Athletes with Eating DisordersIn a sense, eating disorders are diets and fitness or sports programs gone horribly ... or her sport, but then loses control and ends up with body and spirit ravaged by starvation, binge eating, purging, and frantic compulsive exercise. What may have begun as a solution to problems of l ... s a solution to problems of low self-esteem has now become an even bigger problem in its own right. Eating disorders are significant problems in the worlds of ballet and other dance, figure skating, g ...

(6 pages) 77 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues