Eating Disorders Research Paper

Taylor Oliver
English 11 Research Essay (Rough Draft)

10/31/14

Eating Disorders are a very harmful thing. An Eating disorder is a range of psychological disorders characterized by abnormal or disturbed eating habits. The main types of eating disorders are Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia, and Binge Eating disorder. There is also another called
Night Eating Syndrome. Eating disorders can cause serious physical problems, and their most severe, can even be life­threatening. Eating disorders are more common for women, but males can have an eating disorder as well. An exception is Binge­Eating disorder, which appears to affect almost as many males as females. Do you think eating disorders should be taught in school? In the United States, about 20 million women and about 10 million men suffer from
(Wade, 2011). Almost 50% of people that have eating disorders meet the criteria for depression. Only 1 and 10 men and women with an eating disorder receive treatment. Only 35% of people receive treatment for eating disorders and they get treatment at a specialized facility for eating disorders. Up to 24 million people of all genders and ages suffer from eating disorders in the United States.
Women are more likely than men to develop an eating disorder. Only an estimated 5 to
15% of people with Anorexia or Bulimia are male. Men are less likely to seek treatment for an eating disorder because they are “womens” diseases. Among gay men, nearly 14% appeared to suffer from Bulimia and over 20% appeared to be Anorexic. Around 20% of people suffering from Anorexia will prematurely die from complications related to their eating disorder, including suicide and heart problems.

Anorexia Nervosa is the fear of gaining weight or becoming fat. Bulimia Nervosa is the act of purging, or vomiting. Binge Eating is eating until comfortably full in one sitting. Night
Eating Syndrome is not the same as Binge Eating disorder, individuals with night
You can get that due to the acid reflux disorders.
Eating disorders are caused by a complex combination of factors, including genetic, biochemical, psychological , cultural, and environmental. Eating disorders are rarely about food

and wanting to be thin. Instead, sufferers use food and unhealthy dieting, starving, bingeing, and purging, to cope with unpleasant, and overwhelming emotions and stressful situations. Eating disorders are illnesses not character flaws or choices. Individuals don’t choose to have an eating disorder. Individuals with eating disorders may have abnormal levels of certain chemicals that regulate such processes as appetite, mood, sleep, and stress.
All schools should teach eating disorders because then once kids know what they actually do to your body, and how terrible they are, maybe they won’t do it. Kids should get taught about them in 6th grade instead of high school because by time they get into Middle school and High school they may have already developed some sort of eating disorder. Some things that may get kids to understand more about them would to have survivors of Anorexia, Bulimia, and Binge eaters come in and speak to them about how awful they are, and how bad they can harm