Over time, many diseases and famines have spread across the globe. In the modern, developed world, different, yet equally severe, problems have arisen. One of the leading complications in today’s society is eating disorders. These relentless disturbances are known for being lethal and for ravaging the world. First off, an eating disorder is defined as the “deadliest mental illness”, according to the Victorian of Newport Beach. It is primarily associated with three major types of disorders: Anorexia Nervosa, Binge Eating, and Bulimia Nervosa. Each sickness has its own side effects, as they all involve different methods of consumption, but all can result in death due to heart failure. The first disorder listed, Anorexia Nervosa, or simply anorexia, is the restriction of nutritional intake in the form of food to the point of starvation. Sufferers of anorexia are called anorexic, and are typically extremely underweight. Next on the list, the intake of abnormally massive amounts of foodstuff, either in a single sitting or throughout the day, is known as Binge Eating. Those affected by Binge Eating are generally overweight or obese. Finally, Bulimia Nervosa is the ingestion of food, normally in large amounts similar to that of a binge eater, followed by a form of purging. Purging can be either vomiting, abuse of laxatives, excessive exercise, or fasting (Cowley). Though it is not common knowledge, eating disorders have been around since the time of the Ancient Egyptians. The people of the time thought it to be “healthy” to periodically purge. Later on, around Ancient Roman times, small rooms, known as vomitoriums, were built for the rich and elite. These rooms served as a place to dispose of half-digested food, as to make more space in ... ... middle of paper ... ... situation escalates quickly. Keep an open mind try to understand the person’s perspective. Educate yourself on the risk factors of the illnesses and subtly point them out to the affected person. Even a little bit of attention can make a significant difference to the person suffering from an eating disorder. Works Cited Brown, Nancy Ph. D. Palo Alto Medical Foundation. Palo Alto Medical Foundation, n.d. Web. 13 Fer 2014. Bulimia Nervosa Resource Guide. ECRI Institute, n.d. Web. 17 Feb 2014. Cowley, Robert; Gibson, Della; Sewell, Chanda. History of Eating in the United States. WordPress, n.d. Web. 27 Jan 2014. Smith, Michelle; Emry, Kristine; Karimkhani, Valeh; Brown, Jerry; Miller, Evan; James, Allyssa; Brokaw, Andrea; Narvaez, Dawn; Gordon, Becky; Bailey, Susan; Waite, Allison; Lamoure, Robin. Victorian of Newport Beach. The Victorian, n.d. Web. 3 Feb 2014.
“Eating disorders are ‘about’: yes, control, and history, philosophy, society, personal strangeness, family fuck-ups, autoerotics, myth, mirrors, love and death and S&M, magazines and religion, the individual’s blindfolded stumble-walk through an ever-stranger world.” (Hornbacher, 4)
The National Institute of Mental Health: Eating Disorders: Facts About Eating Disorders and the Search for Solutions. Pub No. 01-4901. Accessed Feb. 2002.
Each year millions of people in the United States develop serious and often fatal eating disorders. More than ninety percent of those are adolescent and young women. The consequences of eating disorders are often severe--one in ten end in death from either starvation, cardiac arrest, or suicide. Due to the recent awareness of this topic, much time and money has been attributed to eating disorders. Many measures have been taken to discover leading causes and eventual treatment for those suffering from anorexia. (http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource ...er.html#Causes of Eating Disorders) )
Eating disorders have been a part of the world’s culture ever since people began recording history. These disorders were first recorded in Egypt, where the Egyptians would partake in a monthly purge that would last anywhere from an hour to as long as two weeks. The Egyptians thought the purge showed their gods how faithful they were to them, and would often purge weekly if they had thought they had done something to displease the gods (Epstein 33). Though there are many individual specialized eating disorder conditions, three main disorders affect the majority of society today. These three disorders are anorexia n...
"Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder on an overwhelming dread of becoming fat. The result of this unfounded fear is self-starvation and major weight loss. In addition, the undernourishment may cause hormonal disturbances, anemia, heart problems, brittle bones and many other problems, some of which are life-threatening ("Anorexia Nervosa," 1). Bulimia is an eating disorder that is psychological in origin and can have dire physical consequences. While anorexics starve themselves, bulimics binge on food and then purge by self-induced vomiting. Bulimics also frequently use diet pills, laxatives, and diuretics to reduce their weight.
Anorexia nervosa, more commonly known as anorexia- an emotional and medical disorder, generally is the lack of food consumption due to a constant fear of gaining weight, an objection to preserve or control a healthy body weight, and a mentally distorted body image. This primarily begins with ones misery with their body. You start to block out everything in your life (school, work, friends, and hobbies) and mainly focus on meals and what should or shouldn’t be consumed. The thing that mainly diagnoses one as anorexic is the simple fact that "... No matter how skinny you become, it's never enough." People diagnosed with this eating order are often in denial and see no wrong doings when they could potentially reach a state of health the body cannot maintain and die.
To sum it up, although eating disorders are frowned upon by society, not many people are trying to solve the problem. If you know of someone in need of assistance, do not be afraid to lend a hand.
Though there are a few treatments for eating disorders they don’t always work. The treatments mostly include psychotherapies and cognitive behavioral therapy, also counseling and nutritional rehabilitation. These individuals must undergo many counseling sessions to try to indicate the essential reason that the individual adapted the eating disorder in the first place, it is difficult to change someone’s opinion of themselves so often times even have counseling very few amounts of these individuals actually change their eating habits and behaviors. The purposes for having treatment include helping the patient reach a specific weight that is healthy for their age and height and also to address all of the individual’s psychological problems associated with the disorder.
The two main types of eating disorders Anorexia Nervosa, and Bulimia Nervosa, also known as binge eating. There are many health and mental complications that go along with these two problems. The major complications of binge eating disorder are the diseases that accompany obesity. These include diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, gallbladder disease, heart disease, and certain types of cancer. People with binge eating disorder are extremely distressed by their binge eating. Most have tried to control it on their own but have not succeeded for very long. Some people miss work, school, or social activities to binge eat. Obese people with binge eating disorder often feel bad about themselves, are preoccupied with their appearance, and may avoid social gatherings.
Eating disorders are characterized into three different forms- Anorexia Nervosa, and Bulimia Nervosa. Anorexia is restricting the intake of calories on a day to day basis in order to lose or maintain a specific weight. Bulimia is consuming large amounts of food in short periods of time, called binges. Afterwards, Bulimics attempt to eradicate the body of the food eaten, typically by purging, vomiting, taking laxatives, or exercising for long periods. (Engel, Reiss, and Dombeck) “She was gagging, finger shoved down her throat. Most everything she had eaten was splashed on the mulch: a bag of potato chips, most of a carton of onion dip, two fudge brownies, and a slice of strawberry shortcake,” shows the activities of a bulimic (Anderson 146).
The thought of eating disorders reminded me of when we learned about violence and deviance in sport. People with eating disorders are seeking to feel accepted within the public. Spitting up food in order to have a nice looking body is against the social norms. Not only are eating disorders against the social norms, but also they are seen a self-destructive behavior. In the world we liv...
Shapiro, C. M. (2012). Eating disorders: Causes, diagnosis, and treatments [Ebrary version]. Retrieved from http://libproxy.utdallas.edu/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/utdallas/Doc?id=10683384&ppg=3
Anorexia and bulimia can lead to serious health risks, even death. Pica is not known, but the eating habit of pica is interesting. Due to obsession or adulation can also lead to health risks, such as anemia, lack of iron. In middle school, I remember having two friends who have anorexia. I remember her mother always buying her food to eat, but she would give it away to people because she said she was not hungry. She told me, she had to drink pills prescribed by the doctor that make her gain weight. My other friend, I recall in middle school, during lunch, she ate the bread crumbs of her pumpkin bread. After eating the bread crumbs she called herself fat. During my middle school years, I did not learn well about eating disorders, but I wish to help them not feel insecure about their eating disorders. There is a decision from hiding their disorder until they starve to death, or telling someone what they are dealing with. No one will judge them for what they have, there are other girls too who struggle the same situation. How do we save a
An eating disorder is a psychological disorder that is characterized by a fixation on weight gain, which can cause abnormal eating habits. This disorder affects both the physical and psychosocial functioning of an individual. There are several types of eating disorders including, anorexia nervosa, binge eating disorder and bulimia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa is characterized but the intense fear of gaining weight, which leads to an obsession with weight gain. An individual with this disorder often partakes in behaviors that prevent weight gain such as limiting the intake of food. There are two types of anorexia nervosa; binge eating/ purging type and the restricting type. An individual with diagnosis with the binge eating/ purging
We have all heard the typical stereotypes of the “perfect body.” Who really has a perfect body anyways, and what does it look like? Are all girls supposed to be tiny and twig like, and are all guys supposed to be macho muscle men? No, and if this were true then that’s how we would have been created, but were not, so be proud of who you are. Thanks to media and today’s culture people are destroying their bodies. We cannot put all the blame on the media though, psychological and mental disorders such as depression, anxiety, guilt, the loss of control, and the need for attention, are among some of the factors that can lead to eating disorders. The three disorders commonly referred to are obesity, anorexia, and bulimia. Each disorder is dangerous to the body, and in many cases can lead to death. Eating disorders affect 70 million people worldwide, and in a single persons life approximately 50,000 people will die because of this terrifying disease.