Body Fat and Eating Disorders Body composition is used to describe the different components‚ that when taken together make up a persons body weight. People who are overweight or excess body fat are at risk of several health condition‚ such as Hypertension‚ Type two diabetes‚ Coronary Heart Disease‚ Stroke‚ Osteoarthritis‚ Some Cancers‚ Sleep apnea‚ and respiratory problems. The proportion of body weight that is fat compared to lean‚ or body composition‚ can be made in a doctor’s office or a health
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How are Anorexia and Bulimia a result of social and emotional causes? What are the symptoms and what is the treatment? By Tamara Polovina March 24‚ 2011 Instructor: Georgia Nenopoulou English 102 Outline: Thesis: Anorexia and Bulimia are diseases of the modern society‚ although their traces exist back in the late 19th century. These phenomena are vivid in the current world and are increasing due to various reasons‚ both physical and psychological. However‚ the symptoms can
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onset of abdominal pain‚ first generalized‚ and then localizing to the RLQ. The pain was accompanied with anorexia and nausea. It has become increasingly more severe over the past 3 hours so that the patient now cannot walk. He had one episode of vomiting‚ and has a low-grade fever of 100. On examination the patient was in acute distress due to pain. Palpation of the abdomen showed generalized tenderness with marked pain in the RLQ and rebound pain. STAT CBC showed leukocytosis of 21‚000. Abdominal
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Unit 30 – Health Psychology Models of health related behaviour and contemporary issues in health psychology. In this assignment I will concentrate on two theories of behaviour; health belief model (HBM) and the Theory of Reasoned Action. I will also look at factors that affect our approach to health and illness; poverty and age. Finally I will look at two different specific health issues; addiction and eating disorders‚ I will also look at the similarities and the differences between eating
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Bulimia nervosa usually starts with restriction of food intake that leads to uncontrolled consumption of large amounts of food followed by inappropriate methods of weight control such as self-induced vomiting‚ abuse of laxatives or excessive exercise. Bulimia and anorexia are kind of the same in certain ways they are both generally thought to be a psychological eating disorder. These are both conditions that go beyond out-of-control dieting. The cycle that you develop while having bulimia can include
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FIGURES 1. CAUSES OF BULIMIA NERVOSA 3 2. LADY DIANA 4 SUMMARY Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder found mostly aiming young girls and is characterized by uncontrolled bingeing‚ followed by vomiting‚ excessive exercising and laxatives. Social‚ psychological and biological factors can contribute to this illness. Lady Diana was the victim of this eating disorder. She was the center of attention for media and public and felt the ignorance of her
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Unit 009 Contribute to Children and Young People’s Health and Safety Outcome 1 Know the health and safety policies and procedures of the work setting. Outline the health and safety policies and procedures of the work setting. Policies and procedures are in place to help protect children and adults within the setting. In the UK early year’s settings must comply with the statutory framework for the Early Years Foundation stage (EYFS). This covers all aspects of the welfare of children
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HMS Challenger Journal Day 1 – December 22nd 1872 The ship set sail from Portsmouth‚ England early yesterday morning and we have been sailing for almost a whole 24 hours; I’m assuming we’re about 40 degrees north of the equator. It’s a perfect day out for sailing‚ the water is crystal blue‚ my hair is softly blowing though the wind‚ and there’s not a cloud in sight. Today my job was to use a dredge. A dredge takes samples along the surface of the seafloor while being dragged across the bottom.
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body image issue and the impact upon it. In “An Insatiable Emptiness‚” Evelyn Lau narrates her struggles with bulimia and her relationship with her mother. She felt discomforted as her body grew‚ and she wants to postpone her growth by forced vomiting. Further‚ her dysfunctional family worsened her condition of being bulimic‚ and her manipulative mother guilt Evelyn of being ashamed of her body. As a helpless young girl‚ the only way to be in control of her life is to be in control of her weigh
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having a fear of gaining weight or becoming fat but instead of depriving themselves from food they binge and purge. a. Binging is eating large amounts of food in a short period of time. b. Purging is eliminating that food by inducing vomiting. c. A person may also use laxatives‚ diuretics or diet pills to purge weight C. Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified – d. Those people who have symptoms of other eating disorders but do not meet the strict criteria for diagnoses
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