Anorexia

THBT the media puts too much pressure on young women In today’s society, the idea of self-perfection is one that arises as the answer to many of our current problems, specifically those of our younger demographic. The irresponsible and unethical actions performed and displayed by this group are often linked to the supposed negativity that the media of today publicizes. However, when clearly analyzed, these so-called “destructive messages” are simply a product of our biased perceptions within…

There are countless on-going debates about the subject nature versus nurture; do genes cause our behaviour; or is it shaped by environmental factors. When considering eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia, the balance between nature and nurture is what can cause these problems. An eating disorder associates a person’s eating behaviors; attitudes towards weight, food, and the way an individual views their body shape; and many other psychological aspects. (Benblatt, 2015) It is usually an…

that I had a problem. A problem so big my hair began to fall out, I was always shaking and getting sick. I remember one day in particular I was sitting with a group of friends and a girl walked by who was known in my school for having Bulimia and Anorexia. She perfectly fit the single story that everyone believed, of what a person who had eating disorders looked and acted like. She was walking out of the bathroom and one of my friends said “How much do you want to bet little miss skinny just…

People with Eating Disorders Amanda Beard Amanda Beard is an olympian athlete who at the age of 26 had 7 olympic medals in swimming. She suffered from an eating disorder called bulimia. When she was doing photo shoots she was always in a swimsuit and when they edited the photos they would take off inches of her skin to make her look perfect so that's what she thought she had to look like. She wanted to be a great swimmer but she wanted to look pretty, skinny, and perfect. She had dealt with the…

fat, lying about being hungry, lies about eating, avoiding food, excessive exercising, and withdrawal from friends. Consequences of Anorexia: slow heart rate and low blood pressure, reduction of bone density, muscle loss, dehydration, feeling of weakness, loss of hair, growth of hair called “lanugo”, which tries to keep the body warm. Bingeing- There are two things that can happen with Binge eating, people can binge and purge causing themselves to throw up making them lose weight and there is…

this causes young adults, who look up to them, to have eating disorders. As well as an article published in USA TODAY, “Swimmers Fight Body Image Battles”, Nicole Auerbach explains how cultural pressures to have a thin body by society contribute to anorexia and bulimia by using Olympic swimmers, who are in bathing suits half their life, as an example of struggling to have the ideal body. An article published…

Exam Answers 1. The name of the mental health condition for a person, who believes that a particular part of his/her body is highly aberrant, according to the DSMV, is Body Dysmorphic Disorder. 2. The primary weight requirement for a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa is a weight less than 85% of what is considered normal for that person’s age and height. 3. A person who is commonly described as a clinging vine, which maintains a relationship, no matter how much they are mistreated and who is willing…

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, common eating disorders include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder. The most common sign of anorexia nervosa is seeing yourself as overweight, when in reality you could be incredibly underweight. These individuals usually are very conscious of their weight and weigh themselves often, frequently starve…

an unrealistic goal on what to look for in a woman. This causes the woman who aren’t “perfect” to feel as though they are unwanted. People believe everything that they hear, “People believe that the media is the main culprit in people developing anorexia and bulimia (Tartakovsky, Margarita, MS).” More and more people are starting to believe this because since woman use social media more, it is more prone to them to feel that they need to look like ‘that famous instagramer’ to be able to feel…

and what they portray as beauty is nothing realistic. Most women nowadays have some sort of eating disorder or mental disorder, because of trying to reach this unrealistic beauty. Some of the effects caused by the unattainable body image society is anorexia, bulimia and many other disorders. Many times women trying to attain this body image can become depressed and have major self-esteem issues. Sometimes people will even go to the length of using drugs, to achieve this body image. Overall the…