In a deadly Obsession, Food Is the Enemy by Clyde Haberman
In the article, in a deadly obsession, food is the enemy, USA being one of the countries where there is an obesity epidemic, which attracts constant attention. Not only obesity problems attract attention, but also eating disorders. According to Haberman, “some experts estimate that 30 million Americans are plagued at some point in their lives by disorders like anorexia nervosa, binge- eating and bulimia”. This is a case that not only concerns women, it’s also concerning to men; men believe this is a women disorder and it’s not. Many countries believe that this issue only belongs to the white people for example the United States.
Many of the people who have suffered from any eating disorder recover, but many relapse, continue to be chronically ill, or even die. With anorexia being the highest mortality rate among all the eating …show more content…
Some celebrities who have shown with eating problems are Jane Fonda, Lady Gaga, and Kelly Clarkson, juts to mention a few. There is Bates who is a use to suffer from anxiety and would starve herself to hurt herself when she was 13 years old, now she works with Project Heal. According to Haberman, this organization is non-profit that helps with eating disorders who help pay for treatment for those from low income.
Today professionals recognize that the “disorder is not so much a willful refusal to eat as a complex interlacing of psychological, biological and environmental issues.” Over the past ten years it has proven that these disorders are a serious psychiatric illness. Dr. Evelyn Attia, director of the center for the Eating Disorders at New York- Presbyterian Hospital thinks that these disorders are a “brain based disorder”. People also believe that these disorders can be a consequence due to child traumas which triggers these
In the article, in a deadly obsession, food is the enemy, USA being one of the countries where there is an obesity epidemic, which attracts constant attention. Not only obesity problems attract attention, but also eating disorders. According to Haberman, “some experts estimate that 30 million Americans are plagued at some point in their lives by disorders like anorexia nervosa, binge- eating and bulimia”. This is a case that not only concerns women, it’s also concerning to men; men believe this is a women disorder and it’s not. Many countries believe that this issue only belongs to the white people for example the United States.
Many of the people who have suffered from any eating disorder recover, but many relapse, continue to be chronically ill, or even die. With anorexia being the highest mortality rate among all the eating …show more content…
Some celebrities who have shown with eating problems are Jane Fonda, Lady Gaga, and Kelly Clarkson, juts to mention a few. There is Bates who is a use to suffer from anxiety and would starve herself to hurt herself when she was 13 years old, now she works with Project Heal. According to Haberman, this organization is non-profit that helps with eating disorders who help pay for treatment for those from low income.
Today professionals recognize that the “disorder is not so much a willful refusal to eat as a complex interlacing of psychological, biological and environmental issues.” Over the past ten years it has proven that these disorders are a serious psychiatric illness. Dr. Evelyn Attia, director of the center for the Eating Disorders at New York- Presbyterian Hospital thinks that these disorders are a “brain based disorder”. People also believe that these disorders can be a consequence due to child traumas which triggers these