Essay On Causes Of Eating Disorders

The causes and effects of eating disorders. The causes and effects of eating disorders can lead to drastic measures. There are many types of eating disorders, and they can affect anyone, at any point in their lifetime. Most effects such as binging, purging, and or overeating takes place in a secluded area such as a bathroom, or bedroom caused by activities due to society, hereditary factors, and food influences such as GMOS. Society’s definition of beauty is deeply flawed. Magazines, commercials, typically any advertisement that uses a woman, or a man is indeed edited significantly. Breast are enlarged, tummies shrunk, biceps bigger, and knees are practically removed. Every model, especially models in skin company advertisement seem to have perfect skin, not one blemish. Some women would rather look like Beyoncé, as she is depicted as beautiful, and flawless; yet Beyoncé does not look like Beyoncé. Portraying images such as perfect can have the effect of anorexia, or bulimia. Anorexia is where a person starves themselves with the attempt to be thin, and bulimia is an act of starving oneself, then participating in an essential act such as

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People who have developed bulimia are not typically underweight. Most bulimics are average size, but strive to be thinner. Like anorexia bulimia distorts the minds view of the body. When developed people with bulimia practice binging and purging. Binging is the process of consuming a large amount of food in a small amount of time. The effect of binging is purging in the attempt to rid oneself of the food consumed. This practiced act has many effects on the body, and over a long period of time can cause tooth decay, colon cancer, and in women issues with fertility. Though not all of these effects may be contracted there is a high risk that one or more may be over an extended use, or misuse of laxatives, and forced