2.3 Eating Disorders‚ Obesity‚ and Fad Diets Work File Review Directions: Using the information found at the sites available‚ answer each question very carefully. These responses will help you to prepare for Exam 2.3. 1. What are the three most common eating disorders? a. b. c. Read the information regarding Anorexia Nervosa 2. Define anorexia nervosa. 3. Who is at risk for development of anorexia nervosa? (Include information about gender‚ race‚ socioeconomic background‚
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Anorexia is a severe‚ potentially fatal eating disorder characterized by self-starvation and excessive weight loss. The rise of the subculture that promotes anorexia through internet called “Pro-Ana” websites has had a largely negative effect on individuals struggling with the disorder. The word anorexia is shortened to “Ana” so as to personify the disorder as a friend‚ someone who is there to help. The vast majority of individuals that suffer from anorexia are females in their teenage‚ adolescent
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LongTerm Psychological and Physiological Effects of Anorexia Nervosa. Emma Salisbury Cedarville University 1 Anorexia Nervosa‚ according to the MerriamWebster dictionary‚ is “a serious eating disorder primarily of young women in their teens and early twenties that is characterized especially by a pathological fear of weight gain leading to faulty eating patterns‚ malnutrition‚ and usually
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Patrick Roche‚ a YouTube famous slam poet‚ writes about his experiences with panic attacks. During the panic attacks‚ the body is in a specific state of mind: fight or flight mode. These responses his body is giving off makes him feel like he is dying. Roche’s Perfect Panic Attack slam poem is not about having a perfect panic attack but more about him showing the reality of his life in the moment of a panic attack. When the audience first sees the title of Roche’s poem‚ they interpret the perfect
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Hi‚ my name is Siobhan Pharaoh and I do gymnastics and I’m going to talk to you about why gymnastics is a dangerous sport. Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of skills requiring physical strength‚ flexibility‚ power‚ coordination‚ balance and control. In this speech I will talk to you about the health issues included in gymnastics and injuries that come with doing this sport. Some people think gymnastics is all about having fun and learning extra ordinary skills‚ but when a person does
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In the novel The Edible Woman‚ author Margaret Atwood tackles the difficult subject of anorexia nervosa. Although this subject is often handled with kid gloves by many writers‚ Atwood’s novel candidly addresses how different food related stigmas affect the main character’s day to day existence. In the late 1960’s‚ young women faced a society that expected them to conform to certain qualities in both appearance and demeanor. The portrayal of young women in popular movies‚ television and music of
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MIND MAP/BODY IMAGE It is part of human nature to have feelings about how we look. However‚ how we view our bodies whether negative or positive‚ is all influenced by society and the culture that surrounds us. As well‚ interpersonal relationships and the physical changes that can occur over a lifetime both positive and negative‚ influences body image. Body Image can significantly influence a person’s mental health (Medscape Psychiatry‚ 2010). According to the article by (Davison & McCabe
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When teenage girls are bored‚ they tend to spend time on social media admiring images of beautiful women‚ causing them to feel self- conscious about the way they look. With the impression of social media being a time consumer‚ an article by Kelly Wallace argues‚ “Girls‚ on average‚ spend about 40 minutes more on social networks than boys‚ with girls spending about an hour and a half a day on social media and boys a little under an hour” (Wallace). With girls spending that much time on different social
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Eating disorders are conditions defined by abnormal eating habits that may involve either insufficient or excessive food intake to the detriment of an individual’s physical and mental health. Bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa are the most common specific forms in the United Kingdom.[1] Other types of eating disorders include binge eating disorder and eating disorder not otherwise specified. Bulimia nervosa is a disorder characterized by binge eating and purging. Purging can include self-induce
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Denying the body of proper amounts of essential nutrients undoubtedly leads to binge eating. To clarify‚ binge eating is a form of disorder in which a person eats excessively to the point of extreme uncomfort. Initially‚ fad diets suggest to their consumers that it is essential to precisely follow the rules of the program if they want results. Binge eating is an opposition to the daily deprivation. It is not natural to be deprived‚ and the body finds balance by unreasonably overeating. Every
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