Ameilia Davis
SPH 131 D020
Informative Speech
15 September 2014
Anorexia and Bulimia
Introduction:
I. Opening: Maintaining a certain weight can be hard to do. But trying to gain it can be even harder. II. Thesis: Anorexia Nervosa is a lack or loss of appetite for food, or can be emotional by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat. III. Preview: I’ll be telling you some details about anorexia, and comparing it to bulimia. A. What anorexia nervosa is B. Comparing it to bulimia C. Treatment for anorexia
Body
I. What is Anorexia Nervosa? A. It can either be a medical condition where loss of appetite is a symptom, or an eating disorder caused by the obsession to lose weight. B. Anorexia has no particular sex, age range, ethnic background, or social class, and there is no immunity to it. Somewhere around 10% of those who have anorexia die from the disorder. 1. 2. II. Comparing Anorexia to Bulimia A. Bulimia Nervosa is a disorder where there is high concern over body image and an obsessive desire to lose weight, but in this case instead of refusing food, there is overeating which is followed by depression, vomiting, and fasting. It can also be where overeating happens in a small amount of time and is then followed by feelings of guilt or shame. B. As you can see: anorexia is refusing to eat as to where bulimia is overconsumption followed by regurgitation. 1. Anorexia is of Greek origin, the A being a prefix of negation, the N being a link between two vowels and Orexis (ορεξις meaning appetite), meaning a lack of desire to eat. 2. Bulimia originates from the Greek word Boulimia (βουλιμία meaning ravenous hunger), practically meaning an extreme appetite. 3. Adding the modern term Nervosa at the end of both is just the feminine Latin term meaning nervous. III. Treating Anorexia