Imformative Speech
Title: Anorexia Nervosa
Speaker: Berenice, Gutierrez
Specific Purpose: To informed the audience on what is anorexia nervosa.
Thesis Statement: Today I’m here to inform you on what it is Anorexia Nervosa.
Introduction
I. Attention-getter: Is only human to wish you look different hoping you can fix something about yourself. But when the preoccupation of being thin takes over your eating habits, thoughts and life then you should start to think that the is a sign of an eating disorder. When you have Anorexia the desire to lose weight is higher and more important than anything else. You may even lose sight of what you really look like, in front of the mirror your self-image is distorted and all you can see is a fat person it doesn’t matter what other’s see. Anorexia is a serious eating disorder that can damage your health and even threaten your life. In my research I came across the diary of an Anorexics girl and this is how she begins her story; a poor self-image, a low self-esteem, a yearning for a better body, a loss of control. These are things that most anorexics have in common. I know, because all these things once described me. The following excerpts from my journal cover all phases of the disorder: how I felt, prey to it, my conflicted feelings during recovery, and the revelation of how even now—more than a decade later—my experience with anorexia has forever changed me.
My Struggle Begins
February 15, 1986
I'm so gross! I don't know how anyone stands to look at me. All the skinny girls in my classes get the boyfriends, the attention, and what do I get? I get called a pig. Jason is the worst. I know brothers exist to make their sisters' lives miserable, but I think the reason Jason's comments hurt so much is because I know they're true. I am a pig. I eat way too often and way too much junk food. Mom says 110 pounds is fine for being 5 feet 3 inches tall, but I don't like how flabby I feel. I think I'm going to try to lose a few pounds—just enough
Speaker: Berenice, Gutierrez
Specific Purpose: To informed the audience on what is anorexia nervosa.
Thesis Statement: Today I’m here to inform you on what it is Anorexia Nervosa.
Introduction
I. Attention-getter: Is only human to wish you look different hoping you can fix something about yourself. But when the preoccupation of being thin takes over your eating habits, thoughts and life then you should start to think that the is a sign of an eating disorder. When you have Anorexia the desire to lose weight is higher and more important than anything else. You may even lose sight of what you really look like, in front of the mirror your self-image is distorted and all you can see is a fat person it doesn’t matter what other’s see. Anorexia is a serious eating disorder that can damage your health and even threaten your life. In my research I came across the diary of an Anorexics girl and this is how she begins her story; a poor self-image, a low self-esteem, a yearning for a better body, a loss of control. These are things that most anorexics have in common. I know, because all these things once described me. The following excerpts from my journal cover all phases of the disorder: how I felt, prey to it, my conflicted feelings during recovery, and the revelation of how even now—more than a decade later—my experience with anorexia has forever changed me.
My Struggle Begins
February 15, 1986
I'm so gross! I don't know how anyone stands to look at me. All the skinny girls in my classes get the boyfriends, the attention, and what do I get? I get called a pig. Jason is the worst. I know brothers exist to make their sisters' lives miserable, but I think the reason Jason's comments hurt so much is because I know they're true. I am a pig. I eat way too often and way too much junk food. Mom says 110 pounds is fine for being 5 feet 3 inches tall, but I don't like how flabby I feel. I think I'm going to try to lose a few pounds—just enough
References: 1. Bruch, Hilde. The Golden Cage: The Enigma of Anorexia Nervosa. Reprint. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2001. A classic work by a pioneer in the field of eating disorders that portrays the development of anorexia nervosa as an attempt by a young woman to attain a sense of control and identity. Discusses the etiology and treatment of anorexia from a modified psychoanalytic perspective. 2. The National Eating Disorders Association. http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/. 3. Sacker, Ira M., and Marc A. Zimmerman. Dying to Be Thin: Understanding and Defeating Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia. Updated ed. New York: Warner Books, 2001. A practical approach, written by two medical doctors, to understanding the sources and causes of eating disorders and how to overcome them. 4. Copyright © 2000 Christianity Today.