...Multi-determined disorder is defined as one with many different factors that shape an individual’s mind to have a concern on body shape which then in turn can lead to eating disorders (Module 2:2015). Different factors include their family, friends or societal influences that cause individuals to have these views. Eating disorders can be viewed as this because many people who develop an eating disorder often times are influenced by more than one thing; it is not usually and individual cause to their eating disorder. An example can be seen in women. There are many different factors that affect women to develop an eating disorder, such as the influence of the media, attempting to please everyone, the many tasks women have to complete to ensure...
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...for aging parents. The family surrogates described their decision-making as a process based in the families’ stories and as extension of the elders’ identities’. At times family members must balance the elders’ freedom and best interest, self-determination and dependence on others, or individual choice and collective pressure. The most common element surrounding ALL Eating Disorders is the inherent presence of a low self esteem Having an Eating Disorder is much more than just being on a diet. An Eating Disorder is an illness that permeates all aspects of each sufferer's life, is caused by a variety of emotional factors and influences, and has profound effects on the people suffering and their loved ones. Dieting is about losing a little bit of weight in a healthy way. Eating Disorders are about trying to make your whole life better through food and eating (or lack of). Dieting is about doing something healthy for yourself. Eating Disorders are about seeking approval and acceptance from everyone through negative attention. Dieting is about losing a bit of weight and doing it healthfully. Eating Disorders are about how life won't be good until a bit (or a lot) of weight is lost, and there's no...
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...Fad Diets According to Michael P. Levine, in his book, The Prevention of Eating Problems and Eating Disorders, “Preventing eating disorders would spare many people and their families years of suffering and the specter of death from starvation or suicide.” Eating Disorders cause many problems in life; they are something we need to stop because fad diets are unhealthy in many ways. First, fad diets are unhealthy because they cause rapid weight loss. The first cause of rapid weight loss in fad diets is women’s health, looks, and reproduction. David S. Goldbloom states in the book Medical Issues and the Eating Disorders: the Interface, “Females are more known for fad diets do to their physical complications reproduction.” Women are usually emotional during reproduction cycles, they do not like the way they look, and they begin dieting in dangerous ways. Looks are not everything! People should not diet quickly to cause happiness, because health wise it is not good for the human body. The way someone looks should not affect their lives in ways that they would look to dangerous dieting. A second cause of rapid weight loss in fad diets is eating too much due to reproduction appetitive drives. Goldbloom also mentions that “It is well-known that disturbed eating behavior from any cause can disrupt menstrual function, it is perhaps less well-known that the menstrual cycle itself influences appetitive drives.” Women will both eat too much and become obese, or they will starve themselves...
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...Eating Disorder Among Adolescents Angela Dominguez RES/110 May 11, 2011 Dr. Richard Wolodkowicz University Of Phoenix Many adolescents have become obsessed about loosing weight without considering the health problems of dieting. According to the (Eating disorder statistics 2004, 2010) more than half of adolescent girls and nearly one third of adolescent boys use unhealthy weight control behaviors. Eating disorders can affect people physically and mentally and even can lead to dead. In a national study of high school students, nearly one third of all high school girls and 16% of all high school boys surveyed evidenced some symptoms of an eating disorder (ED; Shapiro-Weiss and Shapiro-Weiss 2001). Such a high incidence of eating disorder symptom-logy is particularly troubling when one considers the cost of these psychiatric symptoms. Eating disorders are chronic conditions that led to a decreased quality of life in personal, interpersonal, and financial realms (Kashubeck-West and Mintz, 2001). Most significantly, eating disorders have among the highest mortality rates of all mental disorders. (Kathleen A. Peterson & Sharon E. Paulson & Kristen K. Williams, 2007 p.630) Studies have showing that family, friends, and media are three of the main factors that influence adolescents to eating disorders (Hayley Dohnt and Marika Tiggemann, 2006). The pressure from parents and friends telling adolescents to loose weight, making fun of them and the influence of magazines...
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...in your own words what the following eating disorders are and what the needs of the individuals suffering these disorders are; anorexia, bulimia, binge eating Anorexia nervosa Anorexia means ‘loss of appetite from nervous origins’ suffers say that they do not feel hungry, though recovered sufferers do admit that they were very hungry, but did not allow themselves to eat. When a person suffers with this condition they become fixated on their body weight and dieting. They live in fear of normal body weight so are continually pushing themselves towards becoming thinner. Sufferers of this condition can be fanatical with food but they will refuse themselves healthy meals and follow strict diets to make sure they lose as much weight as possible. Anorexia sufferers do not think that there is anything wrong with the amount of weight they have lost even when others see them as being extremely thin. People who have anorexia often have very low self confidence and feel the more weight they lose the better they look so the better they feel about themselves. Sufferers often exercise to the extreme and may force themselves to vomit or use laxatives. Women who suffer with anorexia often find that their menstrual cycle stops. This illness is better to be dealt with as soon as possible as the more the illness progresses the more difficult it can be to deal with. In serious cases a spell in hospital may be needed as anorexia suffers can take their dieting so far that it can result in death. ...
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...Obesity and Eating disorders are serious issues for some citizens of the United States America and other countries these issues affect people of all race, color, creed, young and old. Obesity plays a part in about 400,000 deaths a year it has placed second, in the leading cause of preventable death. There are weight related health problem, which stem from obesity these disorders include a host of chronic health problems, including high blood pressure, heart disease, high blood cholesterol, diabetes, stroke, gallbladder disease, arthritis, sleep disorders, respiratory problems, and cancers of the breast, Uterus, prostate, and colon cancer. Obesity will also increase the incidence and severity of infectious disease is linked to wounds healing poorly, and surgical complications, and increase pregnancy risks for both the mother and child. Eating disorders decrease the ability of the immune system to fight disease, and very low body weight is associated with an increased risk of early Death. Body fat has its place within promoting health because too little body fat can delay sexual development, during adolescence. Eating disorders can cause health complications for the baby, during pregnancy, and it can increase the risk of malnutrition in the elderly. Scientists, advocacy groups, federal agencies, insurance companies and drug makers have learned that obesity and eating disorders are diseases that can be passed down from mother to the child or from a dissatisfied image reflection...
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...Thesis Eating disorders have become an increasingly prevalent issue in the United States over the last two decades, it has been estimated that 8 million Americans have an eating disorder – seven million women and one million men, one in 200 American women suffers from anorexia along with two to three out of every 100 American women suffers from bulimia (DMH, 2018). Which is the main concern in the chosen case study of Laura (Wisenhunt, 2007), who is exhibiting symptoms of an eating disorder (ED), more specifically binge eating disorder (BED), due to various culminating factors that are taking place in her life. Throughout Laura’s childhood and especially over the past eight months Laura has been experiencing numerous difficulties regarding...
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...Attitude Survey Paper Lola Shannon PSY/475 September 24, 2011 Stephanie Mead Attitude Survey Paper The purpose of this survey is to show the relationship between social anxieties, fruits/vegetable, food consumption, dieting, and eating attitudes. The behavior between physical and weight control, cigarette smoking and how much fruits/vegetable is consumption is examined within this study. The (EAT) “Eating Attitudes Test” is used around the world as a measure for self reports and eating disorders. Garner and Garfinkel developed the test to measure anorexia nervosa symptoms in (1979). The scores on the EAT-26 derive as the sum of the composite items, ranging from 0-53, with a score of 20 on the EAT-26 used as the cut off (Garner et al., 1982). The three EAT-26 factors are as such: Dieting-F1: avoidance degree, fatty foods, and the thinning preoccupation, Bulimia F2: Food preoccupation/Oral control F3: self control degree when in the present of food. The EAT-26 reliability determines the pilot study of food. The anxiety social physique scale is an original designed of Hart, Leary, and Rejeski (1989). The ASPS of the individual self inventory is a participation respond of 13 items on a point of 5 Likert scale. Historical evidence from 1959 to 1988 has the illustration of the continual shift toward an increased thinner physique in the Western society (Garner, Garfinkel, Schwartz, & Thompson, 1980; Wiseman, Gray, Mosimann, & Ahrens, 1992). In today’s society the...
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...Dieting Dieting and food are as much of our pop culture as music and entertainment. According to Google, dieting is to “restrict oneself to small amount of special kinds of food in order to lose weight.” I believe dieting should receive more attention since I hear a lot of people going on the outrageous fad diets and then later hear them complaining about how they gained all the weight back and then some. Then there are those ‘fad diets’ which scare me, as do the dieting pills. I mean they can be helpful for some, but losing weight really quickly cannot be healthy for anyone. I believe that healthy eating and exercising are the best way to stay healthy. There are endless amounts of diets that we may choose from. Some of the most popular diets are the Atkins Diet, Mediterranean, Vegan, Weight Watchers, Raw Food, and the list goes on. The food choices people make isn’t only about filling up, it can also be an expression of who we are, when we are, and sometimes what we value in a sense. The expression, “You are what you eat” now takes on another meaning in this world of carnivores, herbivores, fat free fanatics, raw food, and junk food junkies. In today’s world, we are fascinated with the latest diets celebrities are following and with what other people are eating. Commercial advertisements and reality TV often showcase people with these crazy food cravings and uncontrollable obsessions. It is like our new entertainment. Meanwhile, there’s diet propaganda that encourages young...
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...Maddie Schaffer Mrs. Thacker English 101-004 3 March 2015 Keeping a Cleaner Life Thesis: Laura Fraser claims that dieting is unhealthier than being overweight because many individuals go on a diet are affected from social acceptance, and dieting creates eating disorders; However, Fraser should reconsider her mindset because dieting helps an individual maintain their body and have control, it keeps a person away from many health issues, and can create different outlooks on the body and life. I. Laura Fraser who has doubts and misconceptions of dieting should reconsider her mindset because an individual has control over their own body and can maintain it. A. An individual who has control of their own body can maintain what is put into their body and what is kept out as well. B. Having a controlled diet helps an individual either maintain, gain, or lose weight. 1. A maintaining diet means that an individual will consistently watch what they eat, however they will never increase or decrease their calorie intake, or do any physical or medical activity that will affect their current weight. 2. A gaining or losing weight diet simply means that a person is trying to build weight up in a healthy manner, or increases their physical activity or chooses to eat healthier to lose the weight. II. Fraser fails in proving that a diet in a person’s life is healthier because it prevents a person from many health risks and emotional side effects. A. If an individual...
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...Triggers If people are vulnerable to eating disorders, sometimes all it takes to put the ball in motion is a trigger event that they do not know how to handle. A trigger could be something as seemingly innocuous as teasing or as devastating as rape or incest. Triggers often happen at times of transition, shock, or loss where increased demands are made on people who already are unsure of their ability to meet expectations. Such triggers might include puberty starting a new school, beginning a new job, death, divorce, marriage, family problems, breakup of an important relationship, critical comments from someone important, graduation into a chaotic, competitive world, and so forth. There is some evidence to suggest that girls who achieve sexual maturity ahead of peers, with the associated development of breasts, hips, and other physical signs of womanhood, are at increased risk of becoming eating disordered. They may wrongly interpret their new curves as "being fat" and feel uncomfortable because they no longer look like peers who still have childish bodies. Wanting to take control and fix things, but not really knowing how, and under the influence of a culture that equates success and happiness with thinness, the person tackles her/his body instead of the problem at hand. Dieting, bingeing, purging, exercising, and other strange behaviors are not random craziness. They are heroic, but misguided and ineffective, attempts to take charge in a world that seems overwhelming...
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...July 31, 2013 English Assignment Week 3 Dieting As you pass by the parks you always see several individuals exercising. While gazing at the sweating runners, walkers, and joggers you start to wonder is exercise enough to sustain a healthy life style? The answer is no, because along with exercise the proper diet is very important. Proper dieting is very essential to maintain a healthy life style. For example if you have an unhealthy diet and do not exercise regularly, you will become obese or overweight. If you become either of these things it becomes harder to be healthy. When you diet to start to lose weight and maintain good nutrition. USDA said that healthier diets could prevent at least $71 billion per year in medical costs. First let me give you the definition of dieting. Dieting is restricting the amount of unhealthy foods in order to lose weight. There are many different types of dieting some healthy and unhealthy. For example a healthy diet would be “The Mediterranean Diet” consists of eating high amounts of fruits, vegetables, grains, beans, nuts and seeds. Meats such as fish or poultry are to be eaten in moderation. Another healthy diet is “The Vegan Diet” this diet requires that you abstain from the intake of meats or animal byproducts. The reason why this a good diet is because it is plant based meaning you intake a lot of vegetables and it lowers your cholesterol and reduces your intake of saturated fat and calories. An example of a unhealthy diet is “The...
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...Binge- eating Disorder Binge-eating disorder is a serious eating disorder in which you consume unusually large amounts of food and feel unable to stop eating. Symptoms Most people with binge-eating disorder are overweight or obese, but you may be at a normal weight. · Feeling that you’re eating behavior is out of control · Eating when you’re full or not hungry · Frequently eating alone or in secret Possible causes The causes of binge-eating disorder are unknown. But genetics, biological factors, long-term dieting and psychological issues increase your risk. How Binge-eating Disorder affects health Complications that may be caused by binge-eating disorder include: · Feeling bad about yourself or your life · Poor quality of life ·...
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...Fad Diets 6:00 a.m. the alarms goes off, but this morning Cindy gets out of bed excited and anxious. Today is Friday, time to weight herself and track the progress from her new fad diet. It’s been a long three weeks, eating small portions, bland food, but begrudgingly, Cindy stick strictly to the plan. “This” time she is determine to lose weight. Weight loss from the first two weeks encouraged Cindy to buy more of their products in an effort to continue the weight loss and vary her meal options. 12lbs lost, surely adding their diet supplements and snacks will speed the process along. Time for the big moment, Cindy steps on the scale waits patiently as the digitals cycle thru and then the results. Confused Cindy steps off the scale, moves it to a different spot and tries again; only to see the same numbers looking back at her. Only 2lbs lost. How can this be, she ate only their food, and took their supplements. She had painstakingly followed their guidelines. Once again, frustrated and defeated, Cindy gives up on the plan. These claims gave Cindy a false sense of hope in believing that she did not have to put in the work required in order to obtain a healthy lifestyle. Thousands of consumers share the same experience as Cindy every day; buying into the promise of rapid weight loss and investing hundreds to thousands of dollars a year into the latest and greatest new fad diet. Life can be hard, shaming, and frustrating so no more adding to the complication by restricting...
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...Bulimia in Teens Introduction Eating disorders can take a devastating toll on the lives of many people. This is especially true for teenagers. Many teens, especially girls, develop eating disorders. It is important to understand the causes, symptoms, consequences, and treatment for these types of illnesses’. One of the most common eating disorders in teens is bulimia nervosa. Bulimia nervosa (bulimia) is a serious, potentially life-threatening eating disorder. People with bulimia nervosa may binge and purge, eating large amounts of food and then try to get rid of the extra calories in an unhealthy way. For example, someone with bulimia nervosa may force themselves to vomit or do excessive exercise. If you have bulimia nervosa, you are probably preoccupied with your weight and body shape, and may judge yourself severely and harshly for your self-perceived flaws. Causes The exact cause of bulimia is unknown. As with other mental illnesses, there are many possible factors that could play a role in the development of eating disorders such as bulimia. Genetic, psychological, trauma, family, society, or cultural factors may play a role. Eating disorders like bulimia are more likely to occur in people who have parents or siblings with an eating disorder. Girls and women are more likely to have bulimia than boys and men. Age may play a role in who is affected. Bulimia often begins in late adolescence or early adulthood. The illness is more common in college students...
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