Vomiting

from misusing laxatives, fasting, excessive exercising, or purging. The woman Nancy in this case study has tried all these mentioned behaviors, but most commonly purges to get rid of food. Purging is a very dangerous behavior that entails forced vomiting of food. Nancy, the interviewer is diagnosed with Bulimia Nervosa, she is constantly thinking about from all through the day, and bases her life around food and her bingeing and purging. Nancy meets all of the DSM characteristics of Bulimia, she…

Introduction The psychological illness which is associated with abnormal eating habits that may be excessive or inadequate intake of food for an individual is known as eating disorder. This disorder is a serious illness which is characterized by the habit of eating leads to unhealthy body weight and body shape. It is found that eating disorder is a choice of lifestyle which is increasing in number throughout the world. Most of the cases women are generally affected by eating disorder where as…

and answers by “sometimes” or “rarely” or “never “are scored as 0, except for one item (no.26) where the scoring is reversed. The questionnaire also include four additional behavioral questions that assess self-reported binge eating, self-induced vomiting, use of laxatives or diuretics and treatment of an ED. The total EAT-26 score is determined by summing all the responses to items from 1-26 that range from zero to…

The novel Perfect by Natasha Friend is about coping with the loss of a loved one and reveals that it is not easy to deal with great losses especially close ones. The protagonist is a girl named Isabelle Lee who is 13 years old whose world got turned upside down after the death of her father. Isabelle felt that she had a somewhat perfect life before her dad died. Her life along with her families soon changes developing her habit of binge eating. Her mom suffers with depression due to her…

The things that we will do for beauty Everybody has a different body shape. Do we realize how society has an effect on us and of how our body shape is? All across the United States, people are suffering from eating disorders. The topic of eating disorders tends to get pushed aside. There are many myths of eating disorders. because of this, it does more harm than good. I remember going over in health class of what anorexia. We’re not fully educated about what an eating disorder is truly is. What…

Have you ever wondered how other people could be so fat, or unhealthy? This video from BYU in 1971, shows a group of young women who struggle with their health. They have an addiction of consuming food constantly, which of course causes bad health. They later go to a counseling group to get help with their health situation, and to become a better person than they were before. In this video, the narrator talks about these women in a horrible way, making fun of them for the way they eat, or dress,…

Does the media cause eating disorders in the younger generation? “Hot Summer body” and “lose weight fast” were just a few of the bolded terms I’ve seen written on magazine covers throughout my childhood. The media surrounds young people everywhere and the pressure to be thin is always present. “There is no doubt that the ideal body size, as reflected in the style icons promoted in the media, is getting thinner” (The National Centre for Eating Disorders). Ideal images of what is…

After a week had passed since my step daddy’s arrest, he and I still hadn’t found any meaningful work yet. And instead of looking for work like I had done every day so far, my step daddy just spent most of his day on the couch drinking beers purchased with what little money we had left in savings. Money which I’m sure was already earmarked for keeping the lights on or the water flowing. As he self-loathed while getting drunk, he would sulk to anyone who would lend him a sympathetic ear and…

Bulimia Bulimia affects society in many ways. Bulimia is a eating disorder where a person has a cycle of binge eating and purging. This disorder negatively affects the person's mental and physical well-being because of altered self perception and unhealthy eating practices. What are some treatments for Bulimia? One way that Bulimia can be treated is by discontinuing the cycle of regurgitating the food that they digested or consumed. Another treatment is changing negative thoughts…

Binge Eating Disorder (BED) is defined as repeated episodes of eating appearing at least once a week for over three months. The patient consumes a large amount of food in a short period of time comparing to most others in a similar circumstances due to the lack of control over eating. After overeating, the patient might feel guilt, embarrassment, or disgust. He or she will intentionally hide the bingeing by eating alone and pretend to be normal in front of others. In the beginning,…