The numerous media mass and advertisements messages regarding the projected desired lifestyle encountered within an individual’s everyday life have an impact on the way they feel about themselves. Often times, these messages can lead to a disorder that can seriously affect an individual’s life, sometimes leading to death. The disorder kills about 1000 to 1,500 of Canadians each year, with this number to be likely higher as death certificates often fail to record the eating disorder as the cause (Chair, 2014, p.10) The western culture embodies a desired lifestyle, sometimes extremely difficult to follow, and requires an endless circle of desires that engender a severe judgment about someone’s persona. Nowadays, about 1% of the women population
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For instance, the condition often leads to a decline of an individual’s mental and physical health; impact their personal relationships, their education and even their employment. Many hypotheses suggest that eating disorders are a consequence of the mass media and the ideal body image (standard of beauty) since 80% of the patients are girls or women, commonly more influenced by beauty criteria. However, many studies have been done and prove the origins of the illness and how it grows. Hence, although the causes of eating disorders are not fully understood, research suggests that they are complex illnesses with a biological basis influenced by a multiple of genetic, psychological and socio-cultural factors. The three main arguments argued that prove the thesis are that eating disorders are a cause of unconscious behaviors that are mainly caused by the morality basis in the western culture, the fact that it affects any gender at any age who belong in different socio-economic situation and that the disorders are often generated by mental disorders and generate potential mental …show more content…
However, after many research, the causes of eating disorders are still confusing as it is a complex pattern that embodies psychological aspects. Many doctors and experimenters have put their thoughts together in order to define and give a strong hypothesis on the causes of eating disorders, as they remain unclear.
Introduction
Eating disorders are considered mental illnesses and are defined to be 3 different types; anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. All three of them are very significant and have high mortality rate, as they are social issues. The all characterized with different food behaviors. Results gathered after numerous studies amongst Canada however concludes that causes of eating disorders are unintentionally behaviors and that the causes of the illness are genetic, contrarily to the western society, which often times blame it on social media. Thus, findings show that genetically factors implant the illness into the concerned individual and social and environment factors then activate the gene that starts the symptoms of the mental
For instance, the condition often leads to a decline of an individual’s mental and physical health; impact their personal relationships, their education and even their employment. Many hypotheses suggest that eating disorders are a consequence of the mass media and the ideal body image (standard of beauty) since 80% of the patients are girls or women, commonly more influenced by beauty criteria. However, many studies have been done and prove the origins of the illness and how it grows. Hence, although the causes of eating disorders are not fully understood, research suggests that they are complex illnesses with a biological basis influenced by a multiple of genetic, psychological and socio-cultural factors. The three main arguments argued that prove the thesis are that eating disorders are a cause of unconscious behaviors that are mainly caused by the morality basis in the western culture, the fact that it affects any gender at any age who belong in different socio-economic situation and that the disorders are often generated by mental disorders and generate potential mental …show more content…
However, after many research, the causes of eating disorders are still confusing as it is a complex pattern that embodies psychological aspects. Many doctors and experimenters have put their thoughts together in order to define and give a strong hypothesis on the causes of eating disorders, as they remain unclear.
Introduction
Eating disorders are considered mental illnesses and are defined to be 3 different types; anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. All three of them are very significant and have high mortality rate, as they are social issues. The all characterized with different food behaviors. Results gathered after numerous studies amongst Canada however concludes that causes of eating disorders are unintentionally behaviors and that the causes of the illness are genetic, contrarily to the western society, which often times blame it on social media. Thus, findings show that genetically factors implant the illness into the concerned individual and social and environment factors then activate the gene that starts the symptoms of the mental