... and possess a penis, or the wish to be pregnant, or fear of it. Food may help one achieve a sense of spurious power and self-aggrandizement, or serve as a defense against adulthood and responsibility. Preoccupation with food may appear as helpless dependent clinging to parents, or as a hostile rejection of them. 1, 4 Hamburger, on the basis of psychoanalytic investigation of obese patients, ... clinical observations that people show great differences in the accuracy of recognizing and conceptualizing bodily needs. Physiologists have been familiar with these differences for some time. Heb...

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... thirteen and twenty-five (Levenkron, 1982). The overwhelming majority of anorectics and bulimics are female. However about fifteen to twenty percent are male. There is essentially no difference in the experiences of males and females with the disorder. Whereas female's experience either pause of or irregular menstruation. Males suffer reduced testicular function along with other advanced symptoms shared by females. Anorectic ... treatments, including surgery to bypass the stomach may be necessary to overcome the danger to health and life (Hales, 1995). Obesity in adolescence may increase ...

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... the social ramifications that it holds. We will first look at obesity in a broad way. Then we will focus on obesity and its effects on children. And finally, obesity and adulthood will be covered. The topic of obesity is important to the field of sociology because obese people make up a significant portion of the world's population. In addition, the manner in ... environment outside the home is not exactly a pleasant one for obese children either. Fat children growing up in this culture will be singled out as the subject of many stigmatizing experiences based on their size and shape (So...

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... " (Epstein, 1993). As young adults, they have more difficulty gaining acceptance into college and securing jobs and future promotions. It is no wonder that over time these childhood experiences low self esteem and self-confidence. This begins the terrible cycle of "social isolation, emotional withdraw, depression, inactivity, more overeating, and further weight gain" (Epstein, 1993). ... Being overweight during adolescence is also associated with long-term mortality in men, and reduced functional status among elderly women. Studies indicate that overweight during adolescence and young ad...

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... themselves overweight. African-American and white women have different perspectives on body size, with higher weight connoting power for African-Americans (Ogilvy). Eating disorders can affect anyone, from childhood to adulthood, men or women, boys or girls. The number of young boys suffering from an eating disorder is on the rise. A recent study shows that 36% of third-grade boys had ... not only based on theories of female development, but also focus on the positive self-aspects of life. They also give an understanding to societal pressures, and provide past adolescents experiences to...

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