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  • General Purpose: Eating Disorder

    General Purpose: Eating Disorder

    General purpose: Eating disorder ( Anorexia) Specific purpose: I. Anorexia nervosa, which is commonly referred to anorexia, is a type of eating disorder. A. In the 1980s, it was difficult to find anybody who knew the true meaning of these terms, much less to know someone truly suffering from one of these syndromes. 1. Characters with eating disorder started appearing in books, plays and television series. B. Today disordered eating is alarming common, and it

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    Submitted: January 16, 2009 By: Anna
  • The Thick & Thin of It...Eating Disorders

    The Thick & Thin of It...Eating Disorders

    Eating Disorders One of the most prevalent disorders amongst the youth of this era is eating disorders. While some overlook it and don’t think it is a problem eating disorders should be given serious consideration. This is because the psychological ramification of eating disorders tends to have lasting effects over the course of the adolescents’ life. An eating disorder is any of various psychological disorders, such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia, which involves insufficient or

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    Essay Length: 1,087 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Eating Disorders

    Eating Disorders

    There are many different types of eating disorders in our world today and many people suffer from them. Bulimia, Anorexia, and binge eating are eating disorders that are extremely common in young women and the incidence of anorexia and bulimia are rising. The two main eating disorders are anorexia and bulimia. Anorexia is an eating disorder that is characterized by a person with a body weight less than 85% of what is considered normal

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    Essay Length: 332 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: July
  • Various Eating Disorders

    Various Eating Disorders

    Anorexia nervosa is the unrelenting pursuit of thinness. When a person has anorexia nervosa they weigh 85%, or less than, of what is estimated for their age and height. A person suffering from anorexia nervosa is petrified of becoming fat; they fear gaining weight even though they are distinctly underweight. The dangers of low weight isn’t apparent, or is denied by these people, and they’ll report feeling fat even when they’re exceptionally thin. In addition

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    Essay Length: 680 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Monika
  • Annotated Bibiliography on Eating Disorders

    Annotated Bibiliography on Eating Disorders

    Zabinski, F. M., Wilfley, E. D., Calfas, J. K., Winzelberg, A. J., & Taylor, B. C. (2004). An interactive psychoeducational intervention for women at risk of developing an eating disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72, (5), 914-919. Retrieved February 4, 2005, from PsycINFO database. The study explored the use of online involvement by using chat rooms, and message boards to deter eating disorders, and image dissatisfaction. Sixty women from a west cost university,

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    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Edward
  • Eating Disorders

    Eating Disorders

    Eating disorders and the media Through out our history food has been a main staple of our survival why is it that food is now, in our society become somewhat the enemy for so many young women. If we need food to survive how it can be a bad thing to eat, why do so many women have such a hard time eating, one of the big reasons to this could be that our

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    Essay Length: 1,330 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Top
  • Eating Disorder

    Eating Disorder

    What is Disordered Eating? Disordered eating is when a person’s attitudes about food, weight, and body size lead to very rigid eating and exercise habits that jeopardize one's health, happiness, and safety. Disordered eating may begin as a way to lose a few pounds or get in shape, but these behaviors can quickly get out of control, become obsessions, and may even turn into an eating disorder. Even if you don’t have a full-blown

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    Essay Length: 2,491 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Eating Disorders

    Eating Disorders

    Technology Limits Every generation differs with its pros and cons and Generation “y” is no exception. Generation “y” is known for its extensive knowledge in technology and unless one has not been living on planet earth for the past couple of years one has heard about the internet, television or video games. Almost every home in the word has at least one of those technological devices. There are no restrictions as to what people can

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    Essay Length: 1,138 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: July
  • Male Eating Disorders

    Male Eating Disorders

    References American Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders, Inc. (1998). ANRED: Males with Eating Disorders. Retrieved November 18, 2001 from the World Wide Web: http://www.anred.com/males.html Carlat, D.J., Camargo, C.A. Jr., & Herzog, D.B. (1997). Eating Disorders in Males: A Report on 135 Patients. American Journal of Psychiatry. 154, 1127-1131. Crosscope-Happel, C., Hutchins, D.E., Getz, H.G., & Hayes, G.L. (2000). Male

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    Essay Length: 2,584 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Top
  • Eating Disorders

    Eating Disorders

    Eating Disorders Eating Disorders are a serious mental health issue. One in ten cases of anorexia nervosa leads to death from starvation, cardiac arrest, and kidney failure, other medical complications, or suicide; furthermore, people with this disorder may die without treatment. Treatment usually begins in an outpatient facility, hospitalization may be necessary in serious cases. Anorexia nervosa, bulimia and binge eating are three examples of psychiatric eating disorders. Bulimia Nervosa is a secretive cycle of

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    Essay Length: 625 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Eating Disorders

    Eating Disorders

    Eating disorders are not a lack of will or defect in behavior. They are a treatable mental condition that is usually due to a maladaptive order. The main types of eating disorders are anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, A third type, binge-eating disorder, has been suggested but has not yet been approved as a formal psychiatric diagnosis. Eating disorders frequently develop during adolescence or early adulthood, but some reports indicate their onset can occur during

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    Essay Length: 541 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Mike
  • Impact of Skinny Models on Eating Disorders and Women’s Purchasing Behaviour

    Impact of Skinny Models on Eating Disorders and Women’s Purchasing Behaviour

    The Impact of skinny models on Eating Disorders and Women’s Purchasing Behaviour Literature Review The literature review focuses on literature regarding the links between the use of skinny models in advertising, the purchase decision, women’s feelings of self worth, dissatisfaction with their own body and eating disorders. Models and the Ideal Body Shape Research in an article by Fay and Price (entitled “Female Body-shape in Advertisements”) found that the body shape of contemporary models in

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    Essay Length: 595 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Edward
  • Eating Disorders

    Eating Disorders

    Eating Disorders All athletes aim to maximize their performance in their sport. They can obviously benefit from paying attention to what they eat. However, for some people these interests develop into an unhealthy obsession with food, calories and body weight. They worry continuously about what they are going to eat, when and where they're going to eat, how much weight they'll put on if they go out for a meal with friends, how many hours

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    Essay Length: 580 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Edward
  • Eating Disorders

    Eating Disorders

    One of the most prevalent disorders amongst the youth of this era is eating disorders. While some overlook it and don’t think it is a problem eating disorders should be given serious consideration. This is because the psychological ramification of eating disorders tends to have lasting effects over the course of the adolescents’ life. An eating disorder is any of various psychological disorders, such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia, which involves insufficient or excessive food

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    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Eating Disorders

    Eating Disorders

    Eating Disorders An eating disorder is a way of using food to work 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 society, teenagers are pressured into thinking that bring thin is the same thing as being happy. Chemical balances in the brain that may also result in depression, obsessive compulsive disorders, and bi-polar disorders may also cause some eating

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    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Edward
  • Eating Disorder

    Eating Disorder

    Is there a strong connection between the fast food industry and the growing rate of obesity among young children? The answer is yes- fast food consumption is a large contributor to increasing child obesity risks and the effects of long-term health problems in the future. Children are bombarded by fast food advertising on a daily basis which lure them into wanting fast foods in addition to the great taste. The rapid growth of child

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    Essay Length: 1,402 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 11, 2009 By: Jack
  • Eating Disorders

    Eating Disorders

    Millions of American women struggle with eating disorders. An eating disorder is a disturbance in eating behavior. Most people associate eating disorders with anorexia nervosa, "active self-starvation or sustained loss of appetite that has psychological origins" (Coon 133), or bulimia nervosa, "excessive eating (gorging) usually followed by self-induced vomiting and/ or taking laxatives (Coon 411). They need to purge their bodies of calories in any way possible, so they may also use diuretics or even

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    Essay Length: 1,478 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 11, 2009 By: Mike
  • Eating Disorders

    Eating Disorders

    The Media and its Effects on Eating Disorders Growing up in the world today, it is hard to fit in with society. People are always judging others and this can have major negative effects. Some people, mostly women, can turn to eating disorders in order to fit into society. Eating disorders have resulted in deaths around the world. Girls are putting their lives on the line in order to achieve the perfect body type

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    Essay Length: 1,704 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Mike
  • Eating Disorders

    Eating Disorders

    As field hockey began in late August I thought that she was a lot better, but, as time went on, I found out that she was not any better than when she left school last May. She was really getting worse. Living with someone that has an eating disorder is very hard. My college roommate, also my field hockey teammate suffers from an eating disorder called bulimia. She is now not playing field hockey because

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    Essay Length: 1,061 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Eating Disorders Communication

    Eating Disorders Communication

    omeone presented last week a presentation on the problems of obesity in America. While obesity is a concern for us as a society, the other side of the spectrum is also rather alarming, the most common eating disorders being anorexia and bulimia. There are many Americans, especially young women, who are afflicted with an eating disorder. This feeling of inadequacy is largely perpetuated by advertising of the so-called "beautiful" look that people should strive for.

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    Essay Length: 316 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Janna
  • Male Eating Disorder

    Male Eating Disorder

    Why does the public believe only women are victims of body image and eating disorders? Males are dangerously preoccupied with the appearance of their bodies just as women. Society has taught men that they should not be concerned about how they look. But countless numbers of men are sacrificing important aspects of their lives to working out compulsively. This leads to distorted body images, which ties together with eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia.

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    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: Mike
  • Media Influence on Eating Disorders

    Media Influence on Eating Disorders

    With eating disorders on the rise today, the media plays an important role in affecting self-esteem, leading a large amount of young adults to develop eating disorders. Many adolescents see the overbearing thin celebrities and try to reach media’s level of thinness and ideal body weight. “Sixty-nine of the girls reported that magazine pictures influenced their idea of the perfect body shape” (Field). Not only is being thin associated with other positive characteristics such as,

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    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Eating Disorders

    Eating Disorders

    The modeling industry has taken a toll on young girls across the world today. Models, magazines, television even the radio advertise “thin is in.” Because of this girls feel pressured that they need to look a certain way in order to look good. People need to start realizing that you can be curvy and still look excellent. Society needs to urge the fashion industry and media to stop portraying the “perfect” skinny, toothpick image because

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    Submitted: December 17, 2009 By: Edward
  • Binge Eating Disorder

    Binge Eating Disorder

    Introduction Through time, the definition of the word ‘binge’ has evolved to mean different things altogether. In the 70s, people binge when they go on a “drunken spree.” (The American Heritage Dictionary) Today, people binge when they overindulge, not in alcoholic beverages, but in food. Many like to use this word trivially, to describe an episode of slight overeating. There are some, however, who cannot afford to see binging as an insignificant rise in food

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    Submitted: December 17, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Eating Disorders

    Eating Disorders

    NORTHERN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE THE INSTITUTION FOR BETTER LIFE LAOAG CITY A REQUIREMENT IN ENGLISH II EATING DISORDER Submitted to : Ms. Cecilia M. Saladino Submitted by: Henedine M. Boudreau Arlene Alonzo TABLE OF CONTENT I • INTRODUCTION 1.1)What is an eating disorder? 2 • Types of eating disorders 2.1) Anorexia 2.2) Bulimia 2.3) Bingeing 2.4) hyperphagia 2.5) Binge eating disorder 2.6) Rumination 2.7) night eating syndrome 2.8) Diabulemia 2.9) Pica 2.10) Eating disorder not otherwise

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    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: Fonta

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