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
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Eating disorders: Bulimia Nervosa vs Anorexia Nervosa Do you know that the most of the young are not happy with their physical appearance? Nowadays, teenagers deny their appearance because the majority of them think they are fat. This is in part because what they see on TV, commercials and advertisements. Most of the teenagers see all the actors, actresses and models with a thin figure that makes them to think to be like they. But this kind of thinking will become a serious problem that can
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Causes of Eating Disorders Elwyn Daroya Ryerson University Word Count-1695 For a lot of people, eating is a major aspect of everyday life; you eat to keep your energy up and to stay alive. There are however, people who face varying degrees of psychological problems in regards to eating. Eating disorders are a major concern, more so for women than men. According to Statistics Canada, women are ten times more likely to develop eating disorders than men, and of these individuals that suffer from
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Watching the video “Dying to be Thin” as well as reading the two articles provided by Dr. Chen opened my eyes to numerous facts and implications regarding the issues raised for the diagnosis of an eating disorder. The majority of the video talked about the disorders of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa. Learning that eating disorders lead amongst other DSM disorders in most deaths is a huge issue raised in the documentary. Furthemore, the treatment of an eating disorder often takes place in steps
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The impossibly thin ideal-body image that the media portrays is the significant factor to developing eating disorders understandably (Hawkins, Richards, Granley & Stein 2004:35). The article argues that there is significant evidence that women portrayed in the media today have become increasingly thin over the last several years making it nearly impossible for the average women to attain the “perfect body” (Hawkins et al. 2004:36). The cause of these eating disorders is the fact that women see this
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THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON EATING DISORDERS 2 Abstract This paper delves into great detail about the impact of social media on eating disorders. Outlining eating disorders as a whole and how social media such as, fashion, advertisements, movies, and celebrities, can negatively affect many on a large scale as it aids in the development of this disorder. This paper further explains what eating disorders are, what causes them, how people diagnosed
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Hip flexor PR: Get Perfect Posture With Unlock Hip Flexor Mike Westerdal and Rick Kaselj has created an online training program called “Unlock Hip Flexor’” for all those people who want to lose their bulging belly, stubborn fats, get strong muscles and work at their best in short period of time. It teaches people how to stretch their hip flexor in order to relieve severe pain and get perfect body shape within said time period. It also included some simple to do exercises that will save lower part
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attitudes of family members and friends surrounding bulimic patients may actually play a larger role in triggering the disorder (Craighead, Martinez, & Klump, 2013). Parental obesity creates a risk factor, comments about diet and eating habits, and exposure to negative attitudes about obesity can cause one to have confused views on weight and food. In addition, many patients potentially might suffer from the absence of skills to deal with self-esteem issues and eating problems. A negative family environment
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Anorexia and Bulimia Modern Western Culture is obsessed with and emphasizes thinness. As such, media often over exploits thin models and actors. In our culture success and worth are often equated with being thin. So many people of all ages are finding themselves fighting eating disorders because of this obsession with being thin. The top two eating disorders are anorexia and bulimia. According to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Related Disorders (ANAD), there are approximately twenty-four
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Art therapy allows the client to express feelings through artwork, and acts as a way to take one’s mind off of food. Art therapy is a controlled way to allow therapist’s to view what the client is experiencing in terms of emotions. As Wolf states, “Art has the potential to be, literally, an extension of the self” (Wolf, J. p.198). This is helpful with clients that have anorexia because expression is done through an obsession of body image and not eating food. Art therapy allows expression
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