Essays on Anorexics

Abstract

The paper focuses on the growing concern of eating disorder in the United States. This is so because about 8 million in the United States experience the symptoms related to the eating disorders. The eating disorders have become a significant and persistent health concern in the United States. The paper employs sociological, psychological and economic approach to ascertain that eating disorders have powerful control over the individual in the society. Therefore, this social group will be powerful not only in terms of numbers, but based on special needs because social factors have a significant role in influencing eating habits of individuals.

Introduction

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Introduction

Anorexia nervosa is an increasingly serious eating disorder characterized by a patient’s preoccupation with weight loss, which motivates them to engage in such actions as skipping meals, engaging in extreme physical activity to lose weight and using diet pills among others. It is a psychiatric disease which is increasingly common, partly due to the way the current society glamorizes thinness, leading many young women to get anxious at the thought of gaining weight. The health condition affects virtually people of all demographic segments, but young women are arguably the main culprits as research has shown (Ruth et al. 2003, p. ...

Introduction

Anorexia and bulimia are two of the most common eating disorders that are plaguing the youths today. Because of incorrect notions about beauty and popularity, teens push themselves to gain acceptance into cliques that they think are the most popular, most beautiful, and most talented, among others. Thus, teens resort to all kinds of methods just to keep themselves "in" with the crowd, even if it means hurting themselves physically, emotionally, and psychologically.

Defining Anorexia and Bulimia

Anorexia is "characterized by self-starvation and excessive weight loss" ("Anorexia Nervosa", n.d.). Despite one being underweight, an individual has distorted images of oneself thinking that he ...

Two severe eating disorders are frequent-occurring, particularly among females which makes them cautious towards their physical appearance. These two conditions are Anorexia nervosa and Bulimia nervosa. Anorexia refers to the state of self-imposed malnourishment, characterized by severe weight loss. Another condition, Bulimia nervosa refers to the customary eating of huge amount of foods, also known as bingeing which is followed by vomiting or purging. Both of these conditions involve same obsession related to weight and shape of their body, arising from the desire to appear thin. The intention; behind such extreme actions which results in these two diseases are ...

We live in a shallow world where physical appearances are used to measure each and every one of us. In such a world, media and society both have a huge influence on the need for thinness. Some people are able to cope with such pressure, and this leads them to push their bodies to transform. Unfortunately, these individuals are constantly searching for acceptance from society, and this can cause them to develop serious eating disorders. Anorexia and bulimia are the two most common eating disorders. They have both differences and similarities, yet we fail to see that bulimia is more dangerous than ...