... high calorie, foods and then forcing oneself to throw up. In order to be considered a bulimic, one must engage in excessive compensatory behaviors to avoid gaining weight, such as fasting, vomiting, and abusing laxatives at least twice a week over a period of three months. Some side effect of becoming a bulimic are ... way to impose a healthy attitude about eating and weight is to engage in healthy eating habits, but to not make it an obsession in the house hold and let them know it is OK to eat. If faced with having to treat a teen with an eating disorder, hospitalization and therapy ha...

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... Anorexia nervosa is the relentless pursuit of thinness by a person. A person suffering from anorexia nervosa refuses to maintain normal body weight for age and height. One medical symptom of anorexia nervosa is that the person weighs 85% or less than what is expected for age and ... height. A second medical symptom is that in women, menstrual periods stop. When a young girl is suffering from anorexia nervosa they do ... early. Some patients can be treated as outpatients, but some may need hospitalization to stabilize their dangerously low weight. Most of the complications experienced by...

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... made by family, friends and peers increases a poor sense of self. The high expectations of parents who are overly concerned about their daughters' weight and physical attractiveness may also put the girls at increased risk of developing an eating disorder. In addition, girls with eating disorders often have ... are as real and treatable diseases, therefore, is critically important. Some patients fully recover after a single episode and some have a fluctuating pattern of weight gain and relapse. Whilst others experience a chronically deteriorating course of illness over many years that ca...

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... nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder. However, eating disorders are mostly presented in a human when they focus too much in their weight, body shape, and food, which lead into dangerous eating behaviors that affect the human body negatively. An individual who struggles with an eating ... harms the heart, bones, mouth, digestive system, and teeth leading to other diseases. Eating disorders are more often developed in young and teen adults, although they can develop at any age. It is stated that young girls and women are the primary victims of eating disorder ... When peopl...

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... thin images of models and actresses consume television and magazines, showcasing an unrealistic view of a "perfect" body image. The victims are usually young teen girls and young adult women, looking up to these faux role models and trying to set the standards for their own body images. As ... great are taking their toll on teenage girls in America. Throughout early adolescence, children may be teased and harassed by other children if their weight is even slightly above average (Brownlee). These expectations can have a negative effect on self-esteem, focusing energy on dieting, drive for...

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... eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia have many warning signs, which help people notice the signs of these eating disorders. For instance, anorexia nervosa has the following symptoms: significant weight loss, excessive dieting and exercising, and constipation ("Anorexia Nervosa", 2). Also, bulimia nervosa has the following symptoms: makes excuses to go to the bathroom after meals, and eats large amounts ... frequent vomiting, the person is experiencing the consequences of purging due to bulimia nervosa ("Bulimia", 2). This proves that anorexia and bulimia nervosa can both have d...

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... the models portrayed in advertisements are ridiculously unattainable by the average female. Fashion models are reported as being 23% under what is considered "normal" weight and only 5% of the female population even naturally possesses the idealized lean body figure. A session of the program 20/20 on ABC presented ... a photo. However, after viewing photos of models in advertisements women often feel unattractive, fat and in some cases old. A survey conducted by Teen Magazine found that 27% of the girls felt that the media pressures them to have a perfect body. Sixty nine percent of fem...

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... easily notice all of the ads and diet commercials claiming to have to newest and hottest diet. With these ads and societies norms, many are led to believe once the weight is lost, we they will be happy (Silverstein 1991). Unquestionably, everyone has noticed the magazines while waiting in line at the grocery store. Most of them claim to also have ... a certain way or be a certain size to be wanted (Nardo 1991). "This situation carries all the dynamics that can also contribute to problem eating", states Elizabeth Vollstadt in her book Teen Eating Disorders. Many girls then turn to extrem...

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... Jhally, S., Katz J., 2002). Kids who are heavily involved in sports such as gymnastics, figure skating, ballet, and cross-country runners, to name a few, have to start watching their weight as early as age 7 because they are judged on their appearance. The much-appreciated appearance becomes a motivational drive for many vulnerable adolescents, especially girls, to become or stay thin. There ... from anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and substance abuse would be at a greater risk of suffering from an eating disorder such as bulimia nervosa. Despite the appearance of normal weight among ...

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... conditions that tends to be chronic. This disorder, which has been occurring at a rapidly increasing rate over the last ten years, is characterized by extreme starvation that leads to a disastrous weight loss. Along with other factors, anorexia is influenced by genetics, unhappiness with family, and excessive physical activity. WHAT IS ANOREXIA NERVOSA? Well, anorexia means lack of appetite for food; ... pathways descending from the hypothalamus, at the base of the brain, control levels of sex hormones, thyroid hormones and the adrenal hormone cortisol, all of which influence appetite, ...

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... means such as one of the eating disorders. Persistant and very persuasive media messages that encourage dieting that makes you loose a lot of weight in short amounts of time (Eating Disorders). The accepted body image standard is thinner now than it ever has been and women often try ... onset an eating disorder as well. Also, having obese parents increases your chances of being obese as well and may cause people to loose the weight through developing an eating disorder. One type of eating disorder is anorexia nervosa. The first identification of anorexia nervosa was in the 1870's ( ... ...

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... to herself in order to feel that she still controls a certain aspect of life. The patient gains great pride in the ability to lose weight because their self imposed rules about the intake of food are substitutes for actual independence. This idea of independence also ties into the next psychological ... larger with each generation, yet the ideal body is being presented as smaller. The result of this is women becoming obsessed with diet, exercise, and weight loss. In fact, more than half of American women claim to be on a diet. The article also states that, "The pressure to conform is .....

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... by self-induced vomiting, but the purging may also be in the form of laxative or diuretic abuse. Individuals plagued by bulimia are usually of average or above-average weight. They experience feelings of isolation, self-deprecating thoughts, depression, and low self-esteem. The bulimic may have personality characteristics that include being impulsive, disorganized, risk-taking ... emphasis on being thin, such as modeling, acting, ballet or gymnastics; individuals with a previous history of being overweight and dieting behavior; individuals with family history of eating disorders, weight ...

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... interferes with the fulfillment of responsibilities to the self and to others because it produces an intense and irrational fear of becoming fat, an obsession with food and weight control, and a life threatening weight loss. Eventually, a series of starvation-induced physical and psychological changes threatens control over eating and motivates more conscientious efforts to reduce. The result is a truly vicious circle ... of the study) were five times more likely to develop an eating disorder than nondieters and over 12 months had a 1 in 40 chance of developing a new eating disorder. N...

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... interferes with the fulfillment of responsibilities to the self and to others because it produces an intense and irrational fear of becoming fat, an obsession with food and weight control, and a life threatening weight loss. Eventually, a series of starvation-induced physical and psychological changes threatens control over eating and motivates more conscientious efforts to reduce. The result is a truly vicious circle ... of the study) were five times more likely to develop an eating disorder than nondieters and over 12 months had a 1 in 40 chance of developing a new eating disorder. N...

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... 141). The desire to be thin has resulted in athletes either striving for performance thinness or appearance thinness. "Performance thinness refers to the commonly held belief that achieving a lower weight and lower percentage body fat will enhance performance for all athletes, particularly in the endurance sports" (Johnson "Athletes" 187). Johnson states that "appearance thinness refers to the trend ... on an athlete to be thin because their bodies are more noticeable. Not only with a regard to performance, thinness is an advantage to sports in appearance, too (Thompson 320). Weight rest...

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... in unhealthy practices in order to appease those expectations and achieve success on the field. There are often strong beliefs in these sports that lower weight athletes perform better than their heavier peers. As in many cases, it is believed that a lower body mass index among athletes increases athletic performance ... thin build sports. In long distance running the lighter you are the faster you can run, because you have less weight to carry and therefore there is less resistance. Also for young female athletes, puberty is proven to negatively affect their performance because of the e...

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... in this study. There were a couple dependent variables, one being the behavioral and psychological traits associated with eating disorders, and the other was the use of pathogenic weight control techniques. The high school female athletes and non-athletes were also the subjects of this study; they were selected from grades 9 through 12. Some students were ... tennis players, and seventeen that played softball. There were four sections to the questionnaire: (1) assessment of the behavioral and psychological traits associated with eating disorders, (2) frequency of pathogenic weight contr...

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... themselves to death. Another two to three percent of young women develop bulimia nervosa, a destructive pattern of excessive overeating followed by vomiting or other "purging" behaviors to control their weight. These eating disorders also occur in men and older women, but much less frequently. The consequences of eating disorders can be severe. For example, one in ten cases of bulimia ... some people to eating disorders; however, other influences (both behavioral and environmental) may also play a role. One recent study found that mothers who are overly concerned about their daughter's ...

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... pills, and fat-free foods. One month ago, ballerina Anastasia Volochkova from Russia's most prominent ballet company, the Bolshoi Ballet, was asked to leave the company because of her excessive weight. Weighing in at 110 lbs, Volochkova was considered too heavy to lift; therefore the company did not want her as a principal dancer anymore. This incident is a perfect example of why ... to jump high, spin fast, and balance on their toes for long periods of time. These steps are very difficult to conquer if the person is overweight, or has frequent weight changes. Dancers are also taught to...

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... to print out images they find on the internet of thin or muscular models and surround themselves with them to remind them that they need to lose weight to be considered "beautiful" or "handsome". Cowden backs up this statement when she says that "[i]nterestingly, research has shown ... (Cowden). Research has shown that young girls who read and look at fashion magazines regularly are two to three times more likely to diet or lose weight because of the images or articles that are in the magazine (Cowden). A study done on girls in grades 5-12 showed that 69% of the ... girls reported that ...

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... this image, regardless of whether or not she is actually overweight. Eating disorders can be life threatening for males and females and usually "include extreme emotions, attitudes, and behaviors surrounding weight and food issues." l "FNote2" There are many different kinds of eating disorders. Each has its own symptoms and is a sign of a different psychological perception of the person's self. It is ... suffers from bulimia goes through binge periods where they eat a lot (or at least more than normal) followed by purging periods where they attempt to cleanse their bodies of the weight ...

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... society with the concept that "thin is in- which influences people to obsess with the size and shape of their bodies (National Eating Disorders Association, 2002). Calorie counting, dieting, and weight watching, have become fixtures in the language of the media, thus globalizing this preoccupation with slimness (Simpson, 2002). Simpson then goes on to describe the dual-pathway model, which states ... puts out predispose individuals to eating disorders when they are surrounded by friends and family reinforcing those messages. Low self-esteem and the negative perception of being above an ...

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... out painful feelings. Without appropriate help and treatment, eating problems may persist throughout life. Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterised by a loss of at least 15% body weight resulting from refusal to consume sufficient food, despite extreme hunger. The sufferer usually experiences a high disturbance of perception of body image. The anorexic may regard himself/herself as ... which the person feels a loss of personal control and self-disgust. Then he/she attempts to compensate for binges and to avoid weight gain by self-induced vomiting, and/or abuse of laxatives/fl...

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... (BED) since those afflicted with the disorder have the habit and tendency to engage in compulsive eating behaviors. They "consume far more calories than necessary for maintaining a healthy body weight" (Thompson, 2008, p. 11). After episodes of binge eating, the bulimic patient would try to purge or vomit the foods they consumed. This behavior is one that identifies an ... individual suffering from bulimia nervosa along with a self-perception determined mainly by physical appearance, specifically, body weight and size. Willer (2007) also adds, using the guidelines provided for by the Am...

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