...How do you obtain an eating disorder? Have you ever had one? Some eating disorders are fatal others are not as treacherous. For the most part, eating disorders have not been a tremendous topic. As a nation we have become insensible about eating disorders. This widespread amount of disorders is not talked about as ample as they used to be. If anything eating disorders have become extremely stereotypical to people in the United States. People assume that only models or “goth teens” have anorexia or obese people only have bulimia, but is that really the case? Anyone can be vulnerable to any type of eating disorder. There are countless types of these such disorders. “Ten of 15 Americans suffer from some type of serious eating disorder” (mirosol)....
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...Body Fat and Eating Disorders xxxxxxx SCI/241 November xx 2013 xxxxxxxx Body Fat and Eating Disorders At birth, each person is given their body to take care of. Everyone needs help for the first decade or two in taking care of it. As people age, they become more in control of their body and what goes into it. People need to be concerned with what they are eating, and how they are taking care of their body to ensure they have the proper body composition, are not obese, or do not gain any eating disorders. The first two can be easy enough, however eating disorders are so much more because they can happen in many different ways, and psychological factors affect them so easily. Body composition is what the body is composed of. This includes water, fat, muscle, etc. The body needs to have acceptable ranges for each of these. One of the most important things to measure is body fat as it is linked to so many things in the body. Shape Up discusses how too much body fat can be linked to type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, heart disease and certain cancers. If the body has have too little fat, Shape up goes on to discuss how it can lead to reproduction problems in women and can affect normal, health functioning in both men and women (Shape Up America, 2013). There are a few ways to check body fat, but the two easiest ways are using Body Mass Index or BMI and by percentage. The good news is that both of these are easy to use so it can be done in the...
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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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...Analyzing Psychological Disorders Jeannie Hopkins PSY/240 11/17/2013 Dr. Brooke Morford A psychological disorder is known as a mental disorder; it is a pattern of behavioral or psychological symptoms that impact multiple life areas and/or create distress for the person experiencing these symptoms. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), approximately 26 percent of American adults over the age of 18 suffer from some type of diagnosable mental disorder in a given year (The Numbers Count: Mental Disorders in America). Almost half of that also meet criteria for 2 or more disorders, with severity strongly related to comorbidity. Mental disorders are diagnosed based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition (DSM-IV) here in the U.S. The DSM-IV-TR explains that a multiaxial system involves an assessment on several axes, which refer to a different domain of information that may help the clinician plan treatment and possibly predict the outcome (Association, 2000). The five axes included in the DSM-IV multi-axial classification are as listed: * Axis I: Clinical Disorders and Other Conditions That Need Clinical Attention. * Axis II: Personality Disorders and Mental Retardation. * Axis III: General Medical Conditions. * Axis IV: Psychosocial and Environmental Problems * Axis V: Global Assessment of Functioning Scale (GAF). As stated in the DSM-IV-TR “the Global Assessment of Functioning Scale is...
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...change. These girls will try anything like dieting, diet pills, or even starving themselves to see this change, but the emotional and physical effects are never thought of when trying to lose weight a certain way. Average sized people should be portrayed more in the media because of the medias impact on body image perception of young women. Anorexia is a disease that involves unusual eating habits and self-starvation. The people who are affected are mostly young women, but people of either gender can become anorexic at any age. The most common cases of anorexia are found in young females, athletes, and people portrayed in the media. There are many physical effects that an anorexic person will experience. Weak bones are a common negative effect which really hurts an athlete. Hair loss and skin discoloration are other effects that effect both men and women. Other diseases can result from anorexia such as anemia or heart disease. All eating disorders have physical effects that are not portrayed from the media. There are also emotional effects that take a toll on people that have an eating disorder. Many people start to feel depressed. After a while, they actually can be diagnosed with depression by a doctor. Another effect is guilt for any reason. If a person begins to eat...
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...In America today, 8 million people are affected by the issue of eating disorders. While eating disorder do lead to many health issues, I will focus on obesity and health issues caused by it. Some examples of people fighting eating disorders is, “The Eating Disorders Coalition”(Eating Disorders and Obesity). First, this affects all groups of people, even ones of different socioeconomic groups. “Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. Someone dies as a direct result of an eating disorder every 62 minutes” (The Eating Disorders Coalition). To me , this is an outstanding number that needs to be substantially lowered. Did you know that eating disorders are a mental illness? There is not much being done by the government...
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...of all shapes and sizes come from different backgrounds. In the medieval time, the larger you were, the more respect you got. Today it seems to be the opposite. Society has turned weight gain into a big issue, and it is no longer acceptable to be a heavier person. Now, it seems like people will do anything to fit into society’s view of beautiful. Even if that means going to the extreme of not eating for long periods of time, or purging after eating a big meal. On October 2, 2012 Carrie Arnold wrote Is Anorexia a Cultural Disease? for the Washington Post. She recollected a time in her life, where she had been at war with her own mind and body. She goes on to explain how she viewed herself, and how she finally made the decision to cut food out of her life. Arnold continues her article by giving statistics on anorexia, and bulimia in America. Arnold ends her article by saying that eating disorders are glamorized by the media because of the celebrities who suffer from them. Eating disorders aren’t all about being thin. Contrary to what some believe, over eating is also an eating disorder. According to Nation Master’s...
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...Eating disorders Stephanie Collard BEH/225 9/10/14 University of phoenix Eating disorders What is hunger? Hunger is the motivation that tells us when we need nutrients for our body. Hunger is a basic biological need that our body experiences. When we “feel hungry” our body's drive us to find sustenance. However, not all hunger drives are based on nutritional needs, there are certain biological and psychological factors that motivate our hunger. Biologically, our hunger drive comes from the hypothalamus, a gland that when given the appropriate stimulation excretes a hormone that tells your body when to be hungry and when to be sated. Biologically, this gland is motivated by homeostasis, or body equilibrium. This means that this gland is generally stimulated by specific conditions in your body, such as blood sugar, chemicals in the blood stream, or body temperature. Once the optimal conditions for your body are reached, the hypothalamus will send out a hormone that tells your body it is full, and to stop eating. Non biological factors are when we are motivated to eat even when our hypothalamus is not sending any cues. Factors such as stress, boredom, certain smells, or just having food in front of you can cause a motivation to eat. Alternatively, developing an aversion to foods is quite easy, if you associate certain foods with nausea or illness, or if you ate a lot of a specific food during childhood due to poverty or other unhappy circumstances...
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...There was a saying that you could never be too rich or too thin. But with the rise of eating disorders in the modeling industry, fashion scouts are rethinking their choice in girls. Models with low body mass index or BMI have become the industry norm, which in turn is causing societies perception of a beautiful woman to be distorted. Fashion scouts need to be more aware of the model’s natural BMI that they employ and require help if signs of an eating disorder are present. A Utilitarian point of view on whether or not thin models should be banned would be to ban the use of thin models in modeling. In the 1960’s, supermodel Twiggy came on the scene. She is best known for her very thin, waiflike figure that brought on her nickname (Twiggy). Twiggy’s look became the new desired look for models regardless of whether it was their natural size or a size that was brought on by an eating disorder or excessive exercise. Now decades later we are still seeing the effects of the demand for stick thin models and how it has affected society. More specifically the rise in eating disorders and low body mass index or BMI in models on the runway today. There are two types of eating disorders that are most common: Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa. Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder where a person diets, exercise, or doesn’t eat even if they are underweight. People with this disorder often times have a large fear of becoming overweight or gaining weight. Those with anorexia...
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...Contributing Factors to Various Eating Disorders Introduction The proposed topic discussed throughout this research will be eating disorders, specifically on the contributions to various eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa, athletica nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating. Through much research, it is shown there are larger causes to these eating disorders. It is no longer a psychological factor (brain chemical misbalance). There are greater forces that influence eating disorders such as the mass media, family, stress (sense of identity), community (peers/school), and negative body image (which links to mass media). It is important to know these contributions to eating disorders because, the more one knows about the various factors for an eating disorder, the easier it will become to treat these disorders (help one suffering with an eating disorder cope and become healthier.) Throughout the 21st century, eating disorders have become more common among North American teens. With a higher percentage rate of eating disorders in the 21st century, (Sneddon, 1999, p.35) it shows it is an area that should have greater focus. Not only does it have a negative impact on the individual who is battling it, it has a negative impact on society; an impact that could destroy our society – mentally if we (as a community/society) do not help or treat this in the way it should be. An eating disorder can tear apart someone’s morals, eat at their brain – which means with it becoming more...
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...Nowadays, we can see people who are suffering from eating disorder by either eating too much or eating too less. Both of these eating disorders harm our bodies and are socio-culturally related. Binge eating, compulsive eating, and anorexic paradigm are formed by the society and culture. The way of teaching what to eat and how to eat, the image of what is consider aesthetic bodies, and the economy and social status have great influences on the way we eat and eating disorders. Margaret Mead’s “Why Do We Overeat?” discusses that people tend to overeat during holidays or daily. We usually have the dilemma of wanting to eat and knowing we cannot eat that much or that food is not healthy. The moral attitude of adults should “care about they exercise...
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...Cheryl L. Mclean WAOL Intro to Psychology Eating Disorders Chapters 12 and 13 February 18—24 Eating Disorders Have you ever known anyone personally who has had an eating disorder? Is this a disorder that only affects teenagers? I’m a soon to be 47 year old who can say in my life time at least one in every 10 of my friends have suffered from some sort of eating disorder. I can also say that a few of my friends who have had an eating disorder did not grow out of it by their adult years. It is sad to say but I have even witnessed how one of my girlfriends behavior even affected her 8 year old daughter. One morning when the child woke up, she complained about be very bloated and fat. This child did not have an ounce of fat on her. I remember at that time worrying that if this child is concerned about her weight at age eight how will she view her self image in her teenage years and will she result to the extreme measures that her mother has taken to remain slim. There are several types of eating disorders but the two most dangerous ones are Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa. Anorexia People with anorexia have an extreme fear of weight gain and a distorted view of their body size and shape. As a result, they can't maintain a normal body weight. Some people with anorexia restrict their food intake by dieting, fasting, or excessive exercise. They hardly eat at all — and the small amount of food they do eat becomes an obsession (TeensHealth...
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...Body Fat and Eating Disorders Voneisha C. Carr SCI/241- Nutrition 11-17-2012 Roudayna Bajjani-Anthony I remember when I was in school seeing all the girl my age worry about eating or how they look in the mirror when it came to their image, I also though maybe it was just girls being girls than I looked on TV and I seen this person who was no bigger than a stick. And said she had a eating disorder which she struggle with for so long I didn’t believe it and, though at the time it was her fault and chose to live this lifestyle. As I got older I was in medical school for my LPN Licensing after studying, I realize it was a sickness and got to understand why a person would go thought this after working with this patient who had an eating disorder. She telling why and when it started it comes from the inside and how other feel, meaning not getting the right encouragement or having low self-esteem. And no one every notice she had this problem and it continued, in till she made the first step to change. Overall she’s looking better and taking one step at time dieting is a big part of this disorder; people need to understand we need the fat to keep our skin and cells going so our body can have the energy to keep going. • Describe body composition and the risks associated with excess body fat. Body composition which is also know as overweight and obesity, refers...
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...Eating disorders in America are increasing day by day. More so, the number of children, especially teenagers, with eating disorders is on the rise. As of today, anorexia is the third most common chronic illness among adolescents. It has been found that 95% of those who have eating disorders are between the ages of 12 and 25. (Lewis) The fact that eating disorders are becoming more common could be related to the fact that much pressure from media and peers is being exerted to have an ideal slim body. Issues of acceptance, success, recognition and personal worth are also being associated with the more lean body that society promotes. As a result, many teenagers are victims to eating disorders and with this disease comes sadness, frustration, fear, depression and loneliness (Bardnick) This highlights the need for action to be taken in addressing eating disorders and preventing them from occurring. The relationship of social work with anorexia on the rise is very significant. Schools are the number one place where teens feel the need to fit in and with a social worker being able to communicate with students about anything is extremely beneficial to most. The main approach of social workers in schools has been to counsel the child with their problems and to inform the family of the situation taking place (Morales, Sheafor, Scott 109). In order for the previous step to happen and to enable social workers to do their job, teachers need to make referrals when evident problems are...
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...Body Fat and Eating Disorders Kathleen Hastings SCI/241 Nutrition March 26, 2013 Body Fat and Eating Disorders Body composition is the proportion of your body when it comes to fat and fat-free mass (Jennifer Scott, 2008). If you have a higher proportion of fat-free mass compared to a lower portion of body fat, then you have a healthy body composition. However, someone that has an excessive amount of body fat is not as healthy and actually has a better chance of suffering from high blood pressure, heart disease, high cholesterol, diabetes, and cancer (Jennifer Scott, 2008). Today’s society is actually going through an obesity epidemic. Instead of being outside all of the time and working or playing, the younger generation stays inside and plays video games. Another thing is that we are a generation of moving fast and being on the run 24/7. This leads people to make bad food decisions and eat a lot of fast food instead of cooking healthy food for their selves. Being constantly busy and on the go also means less time for exercise. These are all factors that go towards causing this obesity epidemic. As bad of a problem as America has with obesity, we also have a rather large problem with people being obsessed with how they look and getting eating disorders which also causes health problems. One eating disorder is anorexia nervosa; it is a disorder that is complex and has three main features. Those features are that you refuse to maintain a healthy body weight, the fear...
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