Essays on Eating

GRABBER: According to eDiplomat, “Korea is one of the most homogeneous countries in the world, racially and linguistically. It has its own culture, language, dress and cuisine, separate and distinct from its neighboring countries.” South Korean culture is a maze of customs and etiquette, very different to the Western culture that many of us are familiar with.

WIIFA: If you are invited to a South Korean’s house it is vital that you understand the etiquette of the culture.

PREVIEW: When visiting the house, various etiquettes need to be familiarised. The main ones are meeting etiquette, gift giving etiquette, dining ...

Avena, N., Rada, P. and Hoebel, B. G. (2008). Evidence for Sugar Addiction: Behavioral and Neurochemical Effects of Intermittent, Excessive Sugar Intake. Neuroscience Biobehavioral Review, 32(1): 20-39.

The nervous system evolves to motivate and reinforces an individual to subconsciously eat sweet foods and other foods that may trigger such addictive behavior similar to that of alcohol addiction. In this research, Avena and colleagues attempt to find whether or not sugar should be included in the ranks of heroin and cocaine that could also lead to a natural form of addiction. Avena and colleagues contend that food addiction may be a plausible explanation to explain how the brain pathways evolved in response to natural reinforcements that are activated in the same vein that pathways for narcotics are also activated. ...

A well-known saying seems so obvious: “We are what we eat”, though food is frequently taken for granted. Nowadays a serious eating disorder, obesity, is prevalent among both adults and children. Empirical evidence suggests that obesity should be regarded as a serious disease. A woman became 30 kilos overweight over a short period of time and that marked change shaped her destiny. Though the causes and the consequences of obesity might seem apparent, excessive accumulation of body fat raises considerable concerns.

Most common reason that compels people to overeat is a psychological one. Strong emotions can reduce the sensitivity of satiety center ...

Introduction

Finding an alternative to regular meat, which some people and environmentalists find harmful to human beings has been the goal of scientists for years. However, a healthier solution to regular meat was born. The alternative solution to regular meat is lab grown meat, and it can be argued that it is a product that is at the top of its class in nutrition. Lab grown meat has been called the holy grail of nutrition but as some people are aware, not everything that is nutritious is really good for you. Lab grown meat is in no way, shape or form good ...

Stress is a “nonspecific response of the body to any demands made upon it.” (Murff, p. 102) Stress, when it is sufficiently severe, can cause psychological damage, as the body is exposed to heightened conditions for too long a period of time, making their behavior less effective. College students are often privy to “a unique set of stressors which can affect their daily experiences.” (Murff, p. 102) In college, there are multiple sources of stress that cause stress due to the ambiguity and strain that each role places on them. However, in order to become a successful college student, ways to ...

Eating disorder denotes an illness that results to several disturbances in an individual, and it would be described as serious mental illnesses. Many nutritionists and doctors believe that it was not a diet gone too far or a lifestyle choice. The condition happens either when one eats a lot of food or subtle amounts of the food. The habit of eating a lot or less amount of food might start as a habit, which grows slowly and then turns to be a great problem. One of the things that might signal the eating disorder was a concern about the body weight or even severe distress. Some ...

1) Lionfish, belonging to the genus Pterois, is native to the Pacific and Indian oceans. They inhabit the coral reefs and lagoons and predate the small fish. Lionfish is now abundantly encountered in the United States East coast and Caribbean Sea.

There is a speculation that the lionfish was released from an aquarium in South Florida in the hurricane Andrew in 1992, although the lionfish was first discovered in the South Florida much earlier in 1985. In the last two decades the lionfish particularly the P. volitans species has expanded largely across Western Atlantic and Caribbean (Albins and Hixon, 2011). ...

In normal people, sexual response has four phases namely: desire, arousal, and orgasm and resolution respectively (Montgomery, 2008). Sexual motivation and desire and sexual wish are the chief components of phase one. These components are the psychological, biological and social aspects of sexual response. On the other hand, phase two is triggered by psychological and physiological stimulation. Phases three and four occur only after the first two phases have been fulfilled.

There are, however, two forms of sexual desire disorders: sexual aversion disorder (SAD) and hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD). These disorders occur in a small percentage of the general ...

It often happens that two people with the same height and weight may look differently. The reason of this lays in the different body composition. It is one of the most important signs of physical development and health state of the human being. Body composition depends on gender, height, food and heredity. It can be assessed in terms of mass composition and atomic composition. If we review the two-component model based on mass composition, body is subdivided into fat and lean, sometimes called fat-free, components. When you here the term fat mass, it doesn’t always foresee excessive weight ...

The book’s title gives a summary of the concepts explored in the book. Pollan creatively writes about nutrition to make the society acknowledge the need of assuming a habit of healthy living. In natural foods, the author means unprocessed food unlike the commonly consumed by the current generation that are highly processed. The author refers to modern day food as food- like substances. People eat these substances because they are edible and food-like (Pollan, 51). Pollan presents the modern day worry of food nutrition, regarding it as the American Paradox. He observes that the more people worry themselves about nutrition ...

Chapter 8 Somatoform Disorders

1. Conversion disorders are health problems that start from a psychological conflict or emotional crisis. Symptoms of this disorder include blindness, inability to speak, numbness and paralysis. The difference between conversion disorders and “genuine” medical problems is that unlike real medical problems, their symptoms have a psychosocial origin. There is no physical cause of the symptoms.

2. A) One feels so sorry for Jenny. Although one understands the pain that Jenny went through when she broke up with his fiancée, one cannot tolerate her behavior. It is not right to deceive other people and play with their emotions. If ...

The aim of this essay is to present you with a review on the book ‘In Defense of Food’ written by Michael Pollan and first published in 2008. The subtitle of the book informs its readers even from its cover that what they hold in their hands is ‘An Eater’s Manifesto’ thus preparing them to indulge themselves in the reading of rules and principles concerning food. Whose principles and rules are to be presented with? The readers are to be presented with the rules and principles of the writer who characterizes himself as an eater. The ...

BUSINESS PLAN

Keshkek is an traditional food in the Ottoman Cuisine. It is a dish originated from the Turkish nomads culture and after they came to Anatolia, their new name became Ottomans, they continued this traditional food. The Turkish nomads were cooking this dish for special days like wedding celebration. We know that this food was an important dish in the Ottoman palaces.

Keshkek is a very simple food. They boil wheat with boned chicken or beef and they take bones out and blend the boiled meet and the wheat together until it becomes like a gum. This gummy mixture is used as the ...

In a study on overweight 5-7 year old children by Danielzik, Langnäse, Mast, Spethmann, and Müller (2002), the children’s risk for obesity was associated with parental obesity, so it is important to consider familial dispositions when treating a 5-year-old boy with overweight parents. However, manipulating environmental factors, such as lifestyle habits and eating habits, and should reduce the child’s obesity and various associated risk factors, such as metabolic syndrome or diabetes (Pavlovich-Danis & Etienne, 2012). In order to recommend strategies for improving the boy’s condition, I would need to know the family’s lifestyle habits ...

- What did you learn that was beneficial to you? Be specific (i.e. give specific examples and references). Why did you find this beneficial? How will you apply what you have learned to your personal lifestyle?

In this class I have learned that eating healthy does not necessarily mean consuming less calories, skipping specific food groups, or skipping whole meals; but rather, eating healthy means consuming all types of foods in a balanced way. What surprised me most was that healthy eating actually means consuming many calories, but they have to be beneficial; they cannot be so called “empty calories.” Foods that are considered high in calories but still healthy are dried fruits and avocados. Cereal is a good breakfast option because of the high percentage of fiber and calcium. While consuming many healthy calories is ...

Obesity in America is a growing problem. Every year doctors report higher average BMI indexes proving that Americans are putting themselves at a much greater risk for obesity risk factors, such as heart disease, diabetes, and many more. While Americans are cognoscente of the problem, little has been done to find a solution.

One alternative legislative proposal encourages a tax on items considered junk food. This tax in theory would raise the prices of these items making Americans less likely to buy them. However I personally disagree with this proposal because it is very difficult to define what exactly junk food is. There ...

There’s a problem when an issue is considered normal. Sim and Zeman’s “Contribution of Emotion Regulation to Body Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating” (2006) discusses how girls engage a relationship between a constricted mind and an unhealthy body. Eating disorders will always be relevant because when pain is associated with food it means a better eating plan should be arranged, not a population of girls working to reduce their waistlines. The only result has been nonconstructive dissociation and a host a negative energy that allows this widespread agreement to deteriorate the female-bodied person’s quality of life.

An adolescent’s extremities between her body ...

Keeping a food intake journal can be a hard task thing to do especially when someone has a lot of things to do and have to eat in despite the tricky issue of observing a routine of what we consume, it is however recommendable that a person watch out for the nutritional value of all the food they consume so as to avoid the health risks caused by nutritional imbalances. The process of keeping a diary of the daily consumption also is helpful in assisting a person to avoid any instances of overconsumption of food in the future through reviewing how their past days food consumption ...

There were five children and two teachers in the toddler room. At meal time, the teachers washed the children’s’ hands and helped them sit in their chairs. The chairs were small wooden chairs that were appropriate with their weight and height. Additionally, there was a wooden, little, rectangular table. After situating the children, the teachers provided divided plastic plates for each child, colorful Sippy cups filled with whole milk, and iron forks. Their meal consisted of boiled broccoli, mandarin slices, a quarter of a slice of white bread and cheesy rice with chicken. The teachers served the children all their food ...

In the Infant Room, two teachers and four children were present. Two of the children were eating their breakfast and the others were eating snacks. The main breakfast meal was applesauce and biscuits. Of the infants who were eating breakfast, one infant finished all of his applesauce and biscuits while another finished his applesauce but refused the biscuits. The quantity of each meal was around six tablespoons of applesauce, two biscuits, and a cup of water. The utensils were all plastic and colorful. Moreover, the size of the meal was proportional with the infants’ ages, so the plates were small ...

Americans believe that nutrition, physical activity and dietary lifestyle influences health. A number of people know that eating well translates considerably to good health. However, most of the information available today is usually focused on what not to eat. There are diverse sources of information on what constitutes healthy dietary lifestyle. Most of these sources promote not eating a particular type of food, for example, alcohol, sugars and fats. There is limited information on what exactly to eat. The American Dietetic Association proposes a total diet approach in the paper. It asserts that the 'overall pattern of food eaten is ...

Sometimes in our lives, we face situations that completely change our outlook for something. I was born and brought up in a strictly non-vegetarian family and the issue of veganism never popped in my mind. Never did it occur to me that eating of a ‘hamburger’ can be hurting for someone’s emotions. One fine day the assignment of ‘going vegan for a week’ was given to me. In a matter of days, as I continued to study this subject, I could feel an inner transformation. In the Holy Bible, Christ has said “Love thy neighbor”. I began to feel that all ...

Introduction

Schools are the best place where children can learn and practice good nutrition. The school environment provides good opportunities for teachers to make an excellent impact on children’s health. What a child eats now has a significant impact on the child’s future health, throughout the adolescence stage to adulthood. A good child’s development depends on the consumption of nutritious food. Consuming nutritious food makes the child to perform well academically and feel good physically. Children poor eating habits is adding up to the rising cases of disorders, dental cavities, obesity and other child deficiency disorders which can be ...

INSTITUITON

There is nothing wrong with wanting to look presentable. People should go out in public with good personal hygiene habits and should want to wear cloths appropriate for the situation that they find themselves in. However, sometimes people can go to far to one end of an extreme and become obsessed with their physical appearance to the point that it negatively affects their life. As will be seen in this essay, young people are especially susceptible to carrying too much about their physical appearance. This can have negative effects on their health, their social lives, and the personal relationship ...

Introduction

Childhood obesity is a contemporary problem of great relevance. Rates of the children diagnosed with this condition have increased considerably in the recent decades. Studies account that about 30% of children and adolescents in America are obese (Kiess 213). Obesity can easily be recognized; however, it cannot be treated easily. Nutritionists mainly associate obesity with unhealthy weight gain caused by aspects such as lack of exercise and poor eating habit. An abnormal weight gain trend indicates the likelihood of developing an obese condition. However, a child is not regarded obese until when he or she records a weight of at least 10% ...

Survey Questions: Fruits and Vegetables of AU Students

- Eating balanced diet - Eating fruits and vegetables more often - Dieting and exercising - Do not know - Yes - No - What is the overall nutrient content of fruits and vegetables? - Proteins - Vitamins - Fat - Carbohydrates - What is the form in which students consume fruits and vegetables at school? - Fruits: Fresh/Cooked/Processed/ Juice - Vegetables: Fresh/ Cooked/Processed/Juice - List three reasons why you need to add more fruit and vegetables to your diet. - Reason 1 ...

English: Casual Argument

Teen eating disorders can lead to a demoralizing effect on teen age girls and boys. In order to understand the causes of teen’s eating disorders, it is important to understand healthy eating habits. Major changes in eating habits due to eating disorder can be fatal, even to a life threatening extent. It can lead to a number of physical disorders therefore it is very important to understand three basic issues about eating disorder in teens. This paper deals with the types of eating disorders in teens, causes of the eating disorder in teens and remedial measures.

Three main types of eating disorders are:

- Anorexia. It is the ...

Abstract

The thesis describes an eating disorder called Anorexia that is predominant in men and women of all age groups. Achievement of happiness by reducing weight than ideal weight becomes the focus off a person affected. The paper describes the symptoms and signs of the disorder. The anorexia preoccupies the person’s mindset and negligence towards life is predominant. Health professionals and doctors pursue various methods of medication and counseling which are briefly described in the paper. Recovery from the disorder strongly relies on the commitment of the patient towards treatment so that the risk of re-elapse of the disorder is ...

(Tutor’s Name)

According to Taft, Mayer and Kuniholm, a good painting has the potential to make one inspired, informed, or happy by what one sees (2). However, while making a painting analysis it is important to explore ‘what the particular painter was trying to achieve’ (“Famous paintings..”). A full body is beautiful too is the artistic work I chose for the assignment. This is an excellent painting done by Noopur Goel. I chose this image for its thematic relevance and uniqueness. Although it has certain characteristics of modern art, it is not very complex for one to understand the matter ...

“Hi everyone, my name is counselor Marilyn and I am indeed very pleased today welcome each and every of you to this session of eating disorders. In this topic of today, I will mention the most common eating disorders such as obesity and anorexia and briefly describe them. Also, the myths behind hunger and satiety and the physiological factors that affect the two shall be revisited. Finally, I shall open the door for all your questions on this topic; please feel very free to ask any pressing question.”

Myths versus physiology

“Well, many years back a set of theories have been devised in ...

Ten years ago, if someone were to use the phrase “#YOLO” you would have no clues as to what he or she meant. Since the rise of the Internet started in the early 90s, the network population has grown from millions to billions. Social media has become a regular stopping point for most, including actors, activists, government organizations as well as the public. Thus, I focus on seeking the answers to ascertain whether current social media is being utilized for the purposes, it was initially intended. In the article “Small Change, Why the revolution will not be tweeted,” Malcome Gladwell ...

I love food. I love breakfast, lunch and dinner. I like going to a restaurant and ordering a big juicy burger with cheese and bacon and a side of fries. I love that first bite when there is an explosion of flavor that surrounds every part of my mouth. I hate that it is bad for me. I hate that every time I go to grab something to eat I know that there is probably a healthier alternative. I really hate that calories exist. Who wants to sit and count every calorie, every fat molecule and every carbohydrate? I know I don’t ...

The invention of Web 2.0 and its relation with social media has been very influential in people’s personal lives and the business world. A number of technology geeks have given various explanations about what is web 2.0. The exact definition is still a topic of debate. However, I believe that web 2.0 is a web-based application, which can be accessed from anywhere, and the users can be contributors to content on internet, rather than just being viewers. Is web 2.0 a boon or bane to the society? In discussions about web 2.0, one controversial issue has been about its various ...

Introduction

In today’s society, we are faced with environmental challenges because our farming practices are not sustainable. Dan Barber’s article “Why Cooking Matters” first appeared in 2009 edition of the Nation. He also uses the introduction to manage the rhetorical distance between him and the audience by establishing his authority, while not presenting himself as superior. He then uses the body of the essay to logically appeal to the audience. He establishes credibility through his literary citation in the seventh paragraph. Dan uses emotional and dramatic language so as to engrave a lasting impression on the audience. This language ...

Doritos ‘Goat 4 Sale’ advert is powerful commercial that uses humor to attract viewers’ attention and curiosity while promoting Doritos chips as the most delicious and addictive. The goat is seen, screaming, kicking things and jumping on the table because there was no Doritos chips left in the cabinet. These funny events can easily be recalled by the viewer because they are distinctive and unusual. The Doritos intended to promote their chips as the most delicious and addictive. The main characters in the commercial are seen eating the chips. The goat is captured eating chips stored in the ...

A group of severe conditions known as eating disorders. An abnormal eating pattern is described as an "Eating Disorder”. Such pattern help in satisfying the psychological needs instead of physical requirements. The three most common eating disorders recorded are named as Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating. Another condition is a dangerous desire to look thin and high fear of weight-gain. This fear lead to limited food intake. In these conditions, patients are worried about food and weight that is checked by the patients on a frequent basis. Many young people use other compensatory techniques to lose weight as vomiting, ...

English

(A Persuasive or Argumentative Essay) I. Introduction of the Problem Junk food (e.g., French fries, soda pop, ice cream, etc.) tastes good and has high calories, but only has little nutritional value. Some, if not most, schools sell junk food to students because they are affordable to students who have small pocket money. On the other hand, other students whose taste buds became accustomed to eating junk food, even though they have the financial means, also find time to eat this kind of snack. In US public schools alone, as children move to higher grade levels, the ...

Biology

Based on the talk given by Graham Hill, he advised the audience to become a weekday vegetarian to improve the health condition and fitness of the human body. Hill stated that eating a burger will advance the risk of death by at least one-third. Being a vegetarian is more advantageous aside from health reasons, it also help save pollution in the environment and opposes cruelty to animals. The best solution for everyone is by becoming a weekday vegetarian, by removing meat from the weekly menu starting Monday until Friday. However, Hill suggested that on weekends, the audience can shift again to being meat ...

Thesis Statement

- Criteria used by doctors to determine patients who would benefit most from the weight loss surgery - Body mass index (BMI) - Health conditions - Recommendations - Recommendations made before the surgery - Recommendations made after the surgery - Complications involved in performing of gastric bypass surgery - Anastomotic stricture: definition, description, causes and effects - Anastomotic leakage: definition, description, causes and effects - Anastomotic ulcer: definition, description, causes and effects - Dumping syndrome: definition, description, causes and effects - Risks involved in performing the procedure ...

Introduction

Pollan uses his book In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto to explain how the different foods that people eat and even their food habits influences the health of the community. As such, Pollan has made use of several other sources justify his argument that a culture’s eating mannerisms and what they eat says a lot about their health. The author goes ahead to explore various cultures and their practices when it comes to eating and the nature of foods they prefer. Using Criqui’s and Breuda’s book “Does diet and Alcohol Explain the French Paradox” the author ...

An experimental design is a plan that guides information gathering where variations are present. The plan shows how the experimenter will present or withhold the experimental event. The experimental design is important when conducting experiments because it has a direct effect on the results arrived at in the end. An effective experimental design should be able to rule out alternative explanations of the findings. Experiments are conducted in environments where several factors exist that can affect the impact of the treatment on the subjects. The design should allow the experimenter to confidently attribute the behavior change to the presence or absence ...

In his book Animal Rights and Human Obligations Peter Singer makes some interesting arguments concerning the issue of animal rights.

His main argument is that just as we, as a society, have learned that all people are equal, regardless of skin color or gender, we need to learn that all animals are equal, regardless of species. Because this assertion may, at first encounter, seem absurd, he quickly clarifies what he means by it. Singer does not suggest that all other animals have exactly the same rights as people have. He uses the example of men and women: “Many feminists hold that women have the right to an abortion on request. It does not follow that since these same ...

A number of technology geeks have given various explanations about what is web 2.0. The exact definition is still a topic of debate. However, I believe that web 2.0 is a web-based application, which can be accessed from anywhere, and the users can be contributors to content on internet, rather than just being viewers. Is web 2.0 a boon or bane to the society? In discussions about web 2.0, one controversial issue has been about its various opinions. In a recent study, the researchers observed that, young people used this technology more extensively than older people did. They say that, since young people ...

A theoretical framework may be understood as an aggregation of interrelated data peculiar to a particular subject field, used by the researcher as a means of directing further study into the matter. In the case of Verstraeten’s article, unsatisfactory trends in the eating habits of Ecuadorian adolescents have been identified, leading to health problems comparable to those exhibited by primary and secondary school students in far more affluent nations. The first step towards correcting the diets of Ecuadorians lay in establishing the specifics of their cultural and environmental background so that adequate intervention methods could be developed, as the ...

Anorexia is defined as disorder that causes people to drop weight far quicker than and in such quantities than is considered optimal for persons as it pertains to their age and build. Those who suffer through this disorder often display a perverse fear that they will gain weight and be socially unacceptable or otherwise physically unappealing. Even if the individual it will not matter as they will continue to think that they are gaining too much weight, thereby necessitating the need to lose more and more. Common practices among those who are diagnosed with this disorder is the constant need ...

The book “Eating Animals” written by Jonathan Safran Foer is a non-fiction treatise, which gives an account of the importance of a vegetarian diet. Foer argues that the people who consume meat indulge in direful crimes perpetrated against animals. He reveals the terrible atmosphere of the slaughterhouses and farm factories, which kill the animals for the purpose of eating bacon, sushi and turkey. The book narrates about the cultural differences involving the tradition of meat and the developing views towards a vegetarian diet. Noer begins the book in a different way by narrating the story of his grandmother who was very fond of ...

David Foster Wallace, in his essay Consider the Lobster, questions the ethics of being a non vegetarian consumer and whether it is morally alright to kill an animal for food. The essay addresses the Maine Lobster Festival (known as MFL) where lobsters are abundant in supply. While covering this story Wallace was faced with certain issues of morality towards killing of animals. In this paper I will discuss Wallace’s concerns, in addition to which I will give my response to the issue. Wallace begins the essay by introducing the MFL of 2003 where he describes how it is a ...

Abstract

The issues of food and feeding of autistic, as well as children with learning disabilities, frequently affect a number of families and significantly impact their lifestyles. These matters are quite difficult for the parents to deal successfully. The parents should be quite patient, careful and pragmatic in dealing with the food habits of their autistic children. It may take much time to prevail over the food and feeding issues of the autistic, as well as other disabilities of their affected children. This report delves into the food and feeding habits of the autistic children as well as those children ...

My favorite food – Pizza

Who hasn’t enjoyed eating food? If you are dining at home or eating out at your favorite restaurant with family and friends it is always a treat. I love to eat pepperoni pizza, it is my favorite. Just thinking about a large pepperoni pizza gives me an irresistible hunger that becomes painful in the stomach if I do not get my favorite food. On entering the restaurant the delicious, warm smell of dough and a million spices tickles the nostrils and sends finger-like sensors to the brain. Sitting and waiting is torture and the anticipation of biting into tender, juicy, meaty ...

Part 1 –Introduction

Dieting and weight loss efforts are personal challenges, but they cannot be separated from the social context in which they occur. Consistent behavioral gender differences have been revealed in the area of food choices. An individual’s choice of food depends on a variety of factors and has consequential effects towards the behavior of human beings that result into choice of some specific food products. People of all genders aim at maintaining good body shapes and good health in the contemporary society. Women think that men can lose weight very easily. The following research focuses on the gender differences ...

Diminishing Marginal Utility is whereby the marginal utility that a person derives from a product declines steadily as he increases consumption level by consuming additional unit of the same product, while keeping consumption of other related products constant. For instance, when one takes that first bite of a cake, it seems like he just cannot get enough of the same. However, as he takes his second piece as well as his third piece, he may begin to realize that he has had enough the cake. Applying the same concept, for each additional piece of cake he consumes, the additional satisfaction he receives ...

Somali Community

Nutritional habits among members of the Somali communities are normally influenced with the religious values, traditions and family habits, education, and ensuing healthcare counsels from the area. However a small section of the community also involves in drug abuse which can at some extent influence their nutritional habits. Under the religion of Islam, certain foods are prohibited while others are allowed. In this regard, the Somali people may avoid foods such as baby formulas, cheese and yoghurt due to the concern that they may contain pork. During fasting, people normally eat foods such as samosas, manadazis, homemade cakes among others ...

Introduction

Eating disorders are largely encountered during teenage and young adulthood even though they sometimes appear in childhood or later in adult life. The diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders is a challenge aggravated by the affected individuals aversive tendency to seek treatment. (Becker et al., 1999) (Steiner & Lock, 1998). Eating disorders are veritable medical illnesses and tend to be frequently overlooked in the face of other coexisting diseases like Anxiety, Depression and substance abuse syndrome. The revisions incorporated in the fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) envisage better classification and characterization of this group ...

Background Information

Eating disorders are psychological in nature and are characterized by abnormal eating habits (Wiseman, Harris & Halmi, 1998). In essence, the affected person eats too much or too little and this is accompanied by mental or physical side effects. In this paper, anorexia nervosa, eating too little will be examined. This disorder’s main characteristic is extreme food restriction and a sharp decline in weight. Eating disorders affect both males and females although with respect to anorexia nervosa, females are the major victims. In the wake of westernization, the quest for slim and sexy figures, anorexia nervosa is more dominant in ...

Food is normally seen as an engine that drives many societies in the world. It is very hard to find a given food that serves in a given state as their stable meal. Different states seem to have a taste for a given food. A selection of a specific food can never be possible as people within a state come from diverse cultures. People from diverse cultural background always have their own taste and preference. For instance, the people of Arizona are of mixed cultures and different backgrounds. It is difficult to find an official food served in Arizona, but the state is normally symbolized ...

Beauty is defined as anything that is aesthetically appealing to the eye. It is a subjective term which holds various meanings, depending on who is defining it. Inhabitants of one area could have a different threshold of beauty than those of some other area. However, when it comes to physical appearances and body types, often than not, beauty is synonymous to thinness in today’s world. Be it a high-end fashion show or a local clothing line, on the ramp or on mannequins, they always exhibit their clothes on slim figured models. This depicts the thinking process of the entire society as these ...

Have you ever faced a situation where you have to choose between preparing a healthy meal and going to a fast food restaurant? Millions of Americans face this decision on a daily basis and the impact of their choices has become apparent over the last three decades. In the 1970s, the number of fast food restaurants doubled according to the Census of Retail Trade (Chou, Grossman, and Saffer). Since the same period, obesity and obesity related diseases increased rapidly in the U.S. Today, junk food is prevalent in our culture and is commonly found in fast food restaurants like McDonald’s and Jack ...

Anorexia Nervosa is a psychological eating disorders characterized by emaciation or utter thinness and a relentless pursuit to become slim. People with anorexia have a distorted body image and have an intense fear of gaining weight or getting fat. They are unwilling to gain a normal weight and maintain a healthy body (NAANAD). They have a severe tendency to limit their food intake thinking that they will get fat when they eat. The idea of disgusts of the body looks results to a stressful eating habit. Most people who have this disorder deny that they have a problem. The self-destructive pattern of this disorder is potentially deadly ( ...

Blue cross is an insurance company whose mission is to ensure the society stays healthy through its programs. Blue cross is one of the few organizations that have recognized how eating disorders affect the growth of the economy and hence venturing into activities that will assist people eat and stay healthy. Some of the programs the company is engaged in are providing rehabilitation services for people who have eating disorders. The affected people are given lessons on good eating habits as well as health care facilities. The company does not just offer lessons to those who are already victims ...

Abstract

The first part of the assignment will focus on the comparison of the theories of egocentric speech proposed by Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky. The latter will focus on the eating disorder, anorexia nervosa and how a French model was affected by it and eventuallly led to her death. The disorder I have selected is Anorexia Nervosa. Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder in which people, especially girls, starve themselves due to the fear of gaining weight and becoming fat. Refusing to eat, denying hunger even though the person is starving, having difficulties in concentrating, obsessionof one’s own ...