Sabrina Bernal. Mrs. Bole. Psychology 201. March 30, 2017.

Eating disorders are mental disorders that can have a serious physical complications. There are two main types of eating disorders anorexia and bulimia. These are complex disorders focusing on issues of eating, body weight, body shape. People who intentially starve themselves suffer from an eating disorder called anorexia this disorder usually begins in young people around the time of puberty, involves extreme weight loss due to starving themselves . People with bulimia consume large amounts of food and then rid there bodies of the excess calories by vomiting abusing laxatives, taking enemas or over exercising.

Eating disorders are characterized by gross disturbances in eating behavior and include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, eating disorders not otherwise specified(NOS), and binge eating disorder. Also, several researchers have coined the term anorexia athletics.

Eating Disorders are defined as deviations of eating behavior that can lead to extreme weight loss (cachexia) or obesity, among other physical problems and disabilities. The main types of eating disorders are Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa. These two diseases are closely related because they represented some symptoms in common: a prevalent idea involving

According to the National Eating Disorder Association, there’s a social aspect that causes eating disorders with our culture pressuring women to be thin and placing this value on obtaining the perfect body to please others not even yourself. Women see a plethora of sexist and misogynistic images everyday everywhere that are making young women alter their self image because they don’t look the same as the women on social media or television. Women see so many images that undermine them as women in the real world that portray us as passive and promiscuous. These portrayals help aide eating disorders making young women force themselves to have the “perfect” body by throwing up, or even refusing to eat.

The most common eating disorders among many patients are Anorexia Nervosa (AN), Bulimia Nervosa (BN), and Binge Eating Disorder (BED).

The most well-known eating disorders include anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and binge eating disorder, but new diagnoses are emerging such as orthorexia nervosa. Anorexia is characterized by an overwhelming fear of gaining weight, an obsession with weight in general, and involves a

In longing to reach the norm many people fall victim to these detrimental illnesses. Sadly, women are more subject to these eating disorders than men, the number of men suffering from eating disorders is on the rise. Our culture puts pressure on each of its inhabitants to attain this ideal body type that is unrealistic for most people. The images that pollute television and magazines make us all feel inadequate if we don't meet the credentials of slenderness; therefore, continuing the role of our society in the development of eating disorders.

Anorexia and bulimia are the two most common types of eating disorders. Anorexia, just one type of disorder, is the third most common chronic illness among teenagers.

In behavioral symptoms, you tend to eat very large portions of foods in a short amount of time, for instance the person may binge eat for two hours, at least once a week for three months (Symptoms of Binge Eating Disorder). The person will habitually be eating alone and continuously eating throughout the day, regardless of the time (Causes & Effects of Binge-Eating. 2017). The individual will lack the control and have no sway to how much they eat even though they do not feel hungry (Binge-Eating Disorder. 2015). When eating, they would eat quicker than would be considered ordinary (Binge-Eating Disorder. 2015). Another symptom that can occur is food hoarding, the person will accumulate food in their rooms or under their bed (Symptoms of Binge Eating

Since the 1950s the cases of eating disorders have been increasing, especially in westernized countries (Wade, Keski-Rahkonen, & Hudson, 2011). 1950 was the year where having curves was accepted, but this view changed when societal culture started to become more important to the average person. Culture is comprised of how people think, behave, and work in a particular society (Merriam-webster’s collegiate dictionary, 2015). Societal culture is comprised of athletic influence, media, and the fashion industry. All of the societal culture factors are responsible for the rise of eating disorders in young adults. In 2011, it was found that 20 million women and 10 million men suffer from eating disorders at some point in their lives (Wade et. al, 2011). Eating disorders are not always considered an important mental illness, but due to the high number of cases they should be because they can lead to health problems including slow heart rate, low blood pressure, and severe dehydration. These side effects can lead to death if not treated properly which is why eating disorders should be looked at as a clinical disease.

An eating disorder is an illness that involves an unhealthy feeling about the food we eat. “Eating disorders affect 5-10 millions Americans and 70 million individuals worldwide” (www.eatingdisorderinfo.org 1). They also affect many people from women, men, children, from all ages and different races. People who have eating disorders usually see themselves as being fat when they really aren’t. This usually deals with women or teenage girls mostly. They watch television, movies, read articles in magazines, and see pictures of the celebrities whom they want to be like because they have the “ideal body” that everyone wants and craves for. The media makes us all think we need those types of bodies to be happy with ourselves, be more successful

It is funny how so many girls and women today are led to believe that the only way to feel attractive and be beautiful is to have their bodies consist of nothing but skin and bones. Women are dieting more today then they have ever been before. They are striving for an unattainable body figure that is portrayed by the media as being the ideal standard for today's women. It gets worse. Not only are women dieting unlike ever before, but they will ruthlessly harm their bodies in order to achieve these inaccessible standards. This ruthless harm that haunts so many women today just so happens to be what we call eating disorders. Anorexia and bulimia are the primary diseases that go in the category of eating

Many things can contribute to the occurrence of an eating disorder. Young girls who are bullied because of their weight or women who are consistently suffering with body dissatisfaction are two ongoing examples. Lots of girls are bullied throughout school because of their weight, whether it's that they are overweight or super thin. Where some don't let it bother them others can't help but dwell on it, sometimes to the point of cutting themselves, exercising dangerous dieting practices, or even suicide. Grown women and men make comments to one another concerning beauty and weight as well. They go on social media and tag their friends in photos of people they consider ugly or say things like the person should eat more or go on a diet. All of these can have major influences on the way a person feels in their own skin. As Stevens, Hill, and Hanson state in "The Beauty Myth and Female Consumers: The Controversial Role of Advertising", "Body dissatisfaction in females... appears to encourage disturbed eating disorders "(143). The unnerving amount of females that consider themselves fat is alarming and seems to grow more and more everyday. When advertisements are more focused on fake beauty there are negative consequences to the way women view themselves even when people constantly tell them they are beautiful. This will also result in drastic and unhealthy changes they make to their body. Eating disorders are dangerous and the body dysmorphia associated with one is just as dangerous. The person seen can be incredibly thin and sickly looking, but still see themselves as fat and therefore unwanted, unloved, and

Eating disorders do not discriminate to gender or body type, but rather is a matter of negative body image and a morphed self perception. Men are pushed into masculinity, taught to be competitive and strong, while women are forcefully “influenced” to be feminine and delicate. We convince ourselves that only other people are attractive, and our body size or shape is a sign of personal failure. An eating disorder is defined by abnormal eating habits that can threaten your health or even your life. My mother is a certified nutrition consultant, educated in planning and conducting nutritional programs to assist in the promotion of health and control of disease. Although she has raised me to have a healthy perception of health vs. beauty, I'm still affected by the body that I could have. I have found there to be three main factors that cause eating disorders: biological factors, psychological factors, and social factors/cultural pressures.

The human race is obsessed with perfection. Different forms of media filled with rhetoric force human beings to have a certain expectations for themselves. These expectations can be unrealistic and impossible to obtain. Human beings have been known to go to extreme lengths and basically force their body to shape a certain way. This is unhealthy. Even if someone needs to lose some extra pounds there is a correct way to do so. However, there are also ways to lose weight that do not benefit the overall health of one’s body. In a human’s search for perfection mental and physical disorders can form. Generally when thinking about eating disorders one will think of anorexia or bulimia. These eating disorders are