Based on research done by Kerri Johnson at UCLA, she came to find that "our mental representation of the average women is more extreme than anything you will see in Vogue and this happens by age 5.... But many other things can play into how someone feels about themselves, such as how they were treated growing up by family and peers. ... So a surprising fact that UCLA's Kim Crow noticed while doing some research in a shopping center was that "if the average American women is a size 14. ...

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The average model weighs twenty-three percent less than the average women; the medical standard for anorexia is fifteen percent underweight (Thompson). ... Someone's family may even be the source of their eating disorder. If a family has high expectations, the child might want a way to cope with all the pressure. ... If a family is always on diets, it may influence one of them to go on unhealthy diets or not eat at all ("E.D....

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The constant pressure placed on athletes by family, coaches and their communities, may pressure them to engage in unhealthy practices in order to appease those expectations and achieve success on the field. ... Given that non athletic individuals who suffer from eating disorders often have overbearing, controlling families who put pressure on them to succeed, it is not surprising that, athletes who are constantly under pressure to win resort to similar coping strategies. Specifically, in many cases athletes are under more pressure from more people; such as coaches and peers in conjunction w...

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Abstract This paper is designed for you and I to learn more about Eating Disorders. What you are about to learn one day will maybe save your life. Hopefully you will never encounter what is called an Eating Disorder. Eating Disorders mostly consist of, Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Obesity and Compulsive Eating, although Obesity and Compulsive Eating are closely linked. Anorexia is "Starvation,"" by starving yourself. ...

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This disease typically affects adolescent girls; the average age on onset is thirteen years old (Kagan, Anorexia 45). ... They were very good about hiding their secret from their family because they would not vomit at home, only at school. ...

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