Anorexia nervosa affects the individuals and the society they live in by making the affected person believe they are not thin, changing the way a person's body functions, and causing more risks to the community due to peer/societal pressure. ... Also, pulse rate and blood pressure drop, irregular heart rhythms may occur and heart failure is possible. ... Peers may look to them as role models and starve themselves as well to become just as thin. ... Family, friends, and peers are also affected....

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When teens have a low self-esteem and/or self-worth they cannot handle problems with friends and peers. They may not want to, or know how to, talk to their parents or friends about problems or pressures and again, the feeling of being in control of something, like their "thin body" is enough and they will go to any length to get it. ... The Bulimic is often hard to detect because they are experts at hiding their problems and pressures. ... If things are bothering you or if you are feeling too much pressure about your grades, your friends, your boyfriends, your family, etc., talk to someone you...

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Because pressures to conform to a "perfect body" image are high in our society, teenagers have more eating disorders and abuse more diet drugs then ever before. ... Blood pressure falls, breathing rate slows, skin becomes dry, joints swell, and body temperature begins to fall. ... Girls are also influenced by their peers. ... Since pressures to conform to a "perfect body" image are high in our society, teenagers develop more eating disorders and abuse more diet pills then every before. ...

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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. There are often strong beliefs in these sports that lower weight athletes perform better than their heavier peers. ... 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. Specif...

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Unfortunately in America, being beautiful means having the perfect body, and this has turned into an obsession that has been perpetuated by the media and societal pressures. ... Often times these pressures come from society itself. ...

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During this time, they absorb how peers and celebrities act and look, which cause them to want to blend into the norm. ... The subject of eating disorders have been a problem for teens throughout history because of the fact that during this time they are so emotionally confused and their biggest concern is to feel accepted among their peers. ... Anorexia can cause many health threatening effects such as low blood pressure, pulse, and breathing rate. ...

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Eating Disorders "Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder on an overwhelming dread of becoming fat. The result of this unfounded fear is self-starvation and major weight loss. In addition, the undernourishment may cause hormonal disturbances, anemia, heart problems, brittle bones and many other ...

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(ANRED) As we see the severity of anorexia is spreading its way through out the country, because of the pressure put on women to look like something they cannot. ... "The majority of my peers- including my feminist peers- still measure their beauty against anorexic ideals. ...

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Pertinent Issues of Adolescence During adolescent years, most people experience many stressful situations under the influence of peer pressure. ... It's difficult to resist the pressure that is put on one's strong will. ...

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Also, the anorexics peers may not notice anything until they see physical signs like, exhaustion, loss of hair, bags under their eyes, or increase of exercising, and of course, weight loss. ... It exists because of huge social pressures to be thinner, more perfect, and more beautiful than ever before. Clearly, this pressure is just too much. ...

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The Skinny of It Have you ever been so afraid of gaining weight that you constantly think about what you can or cannot eat? What about skipping early meals (breakfast and lunch), and then feeling so famished later on that you pig out during dinner? Do you talk about food a lot with your friend...

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So you would think that the plus size models would help a person improve their body image, and reduce the pressure society puts on an individual to be thin, yet this is not the case. ... Modern society and a person's peers are not the only source of pressure to be thin, many times a person's (mainly children and young adults) parents influence then to lose weight. ...

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People also may experience negative comments and hurtful teasing about the way they look around their classmates and peers. ... Peer pressure to be thin, muscular, on a diet, or dressed in a particular way create negative body images in people and the effects of that are devastating. ...

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Factors such as familial and peer relationships, and the media have been shown to greatly influence the onset of eating disorders. Stressful life situations accompanied by a lack of coping skills, or media messages supporting an unrealistic image of weight and appearance are among the prevalent pressures facing young men and women. ... Therefore, it is apparent that although culture does have a role to play in the development of these disorders, it is mediated through interactions such as family and peers. ...

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Being a teenager is not easy and there are many pressures that they face daily. ... They need to be encouraged to be themselves and to be proud of who they are, so that they will not give into the pressures from their peers to try and fit in. ...

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The more intense the social pressure to be skinny, the more likely it seems that a troubled young woman will develop an eating disorder, especially if they believe that control over one's appetite is the way to win respect and attain social success. ... Her heart rate and blood pressure can become dangerously low, and loss of potassium in the blood may cause irregular heart rhythms. ... Social isolation and family conflicts arise at a time when families and peers ought to provide comfort zone and to support issues related to self-concept, self-esteem. ...

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) * peer pressure/ media encouragement of thinness. ... In all cases the woman's heart rate slows down, and her blood pressure drops, most likely because the body is trying to adapt to the low amount of energy which is being taken in, by using less energy. ...

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Society puts a great deal of attention on body image and physical attractiveness, youthfulness, sexuality and appearance. This can be experienced by standing in front of a magazine stand. The covers display pictures of men and women alike, whose images are offered as nearly perfect in society's po...

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This learning occurs in the family and among peers, but these only reinforce what is learned and expected culturally. ... The message from the media, fashion and our peers can create a longing, a longing to win the approval of our culture and fit in at any cost. ...

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Among the risk factors mentioned by Mayo Clinic are being female, age, psychological and emotional issues, pressure from society, and biological disposition ("Risk Factors"). ... Aside from women, adolescents or teenagers tend to be more vulnerable to the disorder because of peer pressure at school and the influence of media. ...

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Eating disorders have taken over many young adolescents lives, mostly young girls and younger women. Western cultures food is abundant and the eating disorder rates are thriving. Large amounts of people are obese, and many suffering from binge eating. On the contrary, many adolescents suffer from an...

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Numerous individuals feel as if they are pressured by the idea of an ideal body image through the media. ... As it is clarified by Rodin, Silberstein and Striegel-Moore in the article, "The Contribution of Peer and Media Influences to the Development of Body Satisfaction and Self-Esteem in Young Girls: A Prospective Study" written by Hayley Dohnt and Marika Tiggemann, "Body dissatisfaction, or the desire for thinness [and muscle building], is so prevalent among women [and men] and adolescent girls [as well as boys] that it is now described as a "normative discontent"&q...

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