Binge drinking

California Passed the drinking age act in 1984 for all consumers of alcohol had to be 21 years of age to buy and consume. Was this a good idea? Is this making young teens stay away from alcohol, and making our cities safe? Age limit should be lowered to 18 years of age because there should be no reason why try to keep teens away from something that they are going to get one way or another. Many teens get alcohol from older siblings, seeing parents and influencing other teens to do the same and…

Young adults and teens are the ones who are the most susceptible to suffer from an eating disorder. There are many statistics that can back up that statement, for example, according to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders 95% of people with eating disorders are between the ages of 12 and 25(Collins, M.E. 1991). In the past couple of years, there has been a rapid acceleration in the number of people developing eating disorders. The health, mental well-being and…

“In the United States, 20 million women and 10 million men suffer from a clinically significant eating disorder at some time in their life, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, or EDNOS (eating disorders not otherwise specified). Eating disorders are an increasing epidemic in our society”. (get the facts 2) More and more teenagers are dying each day because they have not received the proper treatment for the eating disorder they are suffering from. The American…

Susan Bordo’s The Globalization of Eating Disorder article voices the nowadays common issue of eating disorders and body image. Eating disorders are starting to become more and more regular in this world that we live in today. It is a problem that many people have seem to thought about, experienced, or is even going through the moment. Writing this article, Susan is able to connect with people of different types, fields, and positions. Psychiatrists, doctors, celebrities, motivational speakers,…

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,…

nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder. (NIMH, 2016) Anorexia nervosa is usually found in teenage girl and is generally characterized by extreme weight loss and fear of weight gain. (Latzer and Tzischinsky, 2011) Bulimia nervosa is more common in adults than teens and children, but is still a growing risk for adolescents. A person with bulimia will binge eat and then try to over-compensate by taking extreme measures like over-exercising and induced vomiting. Binge-Eating disorder…

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…

Body weight has long been a marker of social status. Since eating disorders affect millions of people, primarily women, a structural problem is implicated. We usually consider a person’s eating disorder to be a personal trouble that stems from a lack of control, low self-esteem, or another personal problem. This explanation is okay as far as it goes, but it does not help us understand why so many people have the personal problems that lead to eating disorders. Perhaps more important, this belief…

body image that it can consume other aspects of their lives. The external, or physical impacts of BID can lead to behavioral issues. Health experts distinguish three categories of BID. The first would be considered compulsive eating, or binge eating. Those who binge, eat massive amounts of food even when they’re not hungry. The second category is anorexia nervosa, in which an individual has an unreasonable fear…

An ongoing issue in the U.S. today is whether the drinking age should be lowered from 21 to 18. The National Minimum Drinking Age Act was passed by Congress back in 1984 that required states to raise the ability to possess and purchase alcohol from age 18 to age 21. The question is whether or not Congress made a mistake by passing this Act. Although there are some excellent points arguing against a lower drinking age, there are far more reasons to allow 18-year-olds to legally purchase…