Eating Disorders Article Analysis

Eating disorders is one of the biggest issue in our society today. It is stated in the article that, “At any given time, more than 10 million Americans report symptoms of an eating disorder, such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa, according to the National Association of Eating Disorders. Millions more struggle with binge-eating disorder.” The article talks about the consequences/dangers of having an eating disorder and some of them are serious mental illnesses wreak on the body, including osteoporosis, gastrointestinal complications and dental problems, among other significant health problems. This article also includes examining the genetic risk factors for eating disorders. Because although most people believe that it is caused merely …show more content…
I thought that the article, overall, was very well explained. It didn’t go straight to “condemning” the people who struggle with eating disorders, nor did it go straight in to the consequences and the bad side of the issue. It explained the research very well and it wasn’t bias. The method of sampling was appropriate for the research. The procedures led to a clear conclusion. There are some confounding variables for the sampling. As I was saying in the first part of this paper, they did a research on the effects of genes on eating disorders. The experiment involves the study of twins and individuals and I believe that a confounding variable would be if the twins or the individual is adopted. The data-gathering methods or procedures were appropriate to the solution of the problem. They observed/examined a good amount of people, as stated in the article “As part of a 13-country Genetic Consortium for Anorexia Nervosa, they plan to conduct the largest ever genomewide association study for the disorder, pulling together resources and DNA samples of more than 4,000 females with anorexia and 4,000 controls.” The reliability and validity were established because it explained the reasons as to why people resort to eating disorders and it gave specific responses and treatments to it. This research design used methods to analyze the data appropriately. This led to accurate results and this led to information on how to prevent eating disorders as well. The conclusions were very well substantiated by the evidence. It says that all of the research and findings they have done will hopefully lead to a healthier nation that will create a world with less eating disorders because of the change of perception that people will eventually