Eating Disorders: Annotated Bibliography

These disorders are serious, and, when taken to extremes, can be life threatening as well. All eating disorders arise from a combination of long-standing psychological, interpersonal, and social conditions (Gurze 24). Several other factors such as family and personal problems, a low self-esteem, and the desire for the “ideal” body may also contribute to the development of an eating disorder. Eating disorders have reached epidemic levels. Over seven million women and one million men, children and adolescents have an eating disorder.

The Dangerous Effects of Eating Disorders You probably hear about eating disorders, and how they can be do dangerous, but what are eating disorders exactly? Eating disorders are a groups of serious conditions in which you are so preoccupied with the food that you eat and how much you weigh, you often focus on little else (http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/eating-disorders/basics/definition/con-20033575 ). There are three main types of eating disorders. Anorexia nervosa is the fear of gaining weight. If you have bulimia nervosa, you eat large amounts very quickly, and then you purge.

Body Dimorphic disorder is associated with eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia because people tend to have an obsession... ... middle of paper ... ...of Maryland Center). The advertising company can portray a cause in the development of an eating disorder from the unrealistic body images that are displayed upon young adults. Anorexia and bulimia can be a life-treating problem depending on how severe the eating disorder has become. The treatments for eating disorders can be very effective if the patient and the family are willing to go along with the doctors. Works Cited Burby, Liza N. Bulimia nervosa: The Secret cycle of Bingeing and Purging.

Dieting, body dissatisfaction and wanting to be thin are all factors that increase the risk for an eating disorder,” (Why do young). Whatever the reason for having anorexia or bulimia these disorders can have diffe... ... middle of paper ... ...ildren, and adults are being affected by eating disorders, and the numbers are not growing. People should understand that this is a big problem. Because they can cause illnesses (physical or emotional) and affect many people, eating disorders are harmful. If you have anorexia or bulimia, you should get help.

Individuals that suffer from Anorexia Nervosa are over critical of self-image and they feel like their weight is a measure of their self worth. (Schullherr, Eating Disorders For Dummies) These individuals often deny that they are too thin. In females, they will quit h... ... middle of paper ... ...t) In closing, Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa both have severe repercussions on the affected individual’s health and psychological well being. These two eating disorders not only affect their physical health, but also have severe, long-term psychological effects. If individuals that are suffering from either eating disorder go without treatment, the disease can become detrimental to their health.

Customarily, binge eaters have episodes where they stuff themselves full of food to the point of being uncomfortably full, as they cannot seem to control their intake of food. Causes of eating disorders are varied and depend on the person and disorder. T... ... middle of paper ... ...rs.org/general-information> Web 2) National Institute of Mental Health 2011. Eating Disorders. n.d. 12 Mar.

Eating disorders are a mental illness that can affect anyone at any age. Eating disorders cause serious disturbances in a person’s everyday diet. It’s eating extremely small amounts of food or severely overeating. It’s an obsession and food seems to take over your life. An eating disorder can start as just eating too little or too much and it becomes almost like an addiction.

Eating disorders can very well change a person's life and affect people around him or her. People engaged in these eating disorders are mostly referred to as victims, because of horrible and dangerous effects of these diseases. Eating disorders are very serious; sometimes life threatening illnesses can occur. There are three different common eating disorders: bulimia, anorexia nervosa, and binge eating. There are also two that are not as common disorders recognized by most of the people today; they are anorexia, pica, and bulimia in combination.

Both body image and eating disorders can bring problems to you and it can cause huge impacts in your life. Eating Disorder is not something that someone tells you, you have to do it, eating disorder is more like a mental issue and that has to do more with you. There are four types of eating disorders. The first one is Bulimia Nervosa. People with bulimia nervosa are “frequently having episodes of eating unusually large amounts of food and feeling a lack of control over there episodes.

When someone has binged, the individual often notices that they start to gain weight and they go to the extremes to lose the weight that they have put on by eating. Stress can also cause anorexia by anxiety. Often times, when an individual has anxiety, they lose their appetite and can starve for days. In conclusion, factors that can lead to eating disorders are sociological, psychological, and genetics can cause a disturbance in a person’s eating behavior. Not only women, but men as well are victims of eating disorders and they are all highly at risk.