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    Eating Disorders Eating disorders are a very serious psychological condition that affects your mind so that you are more focused on your food and weight than you are on everything else. The most known and most commonly diagnosed eating disorders are anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder; however, these are not the only eating disorders. Eating disorders cause psychical and psychological problems, which at their worst can even become life threating. Statistics show that more women are affected

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    Eating Disorder Outline

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    General purpose: To inform my classmate. Specific purpose: I will inform my classmate about one of the social justice topic which is eating disorder. Central Idea: informative speech about the three type of eating disorder which are Anorexia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder and Bulimia Nervosa. Then my second point will focus on the causes of eating disorder, after that in my last main point I will discuss its effects on our life. I. Introduction A. Tie to audience Food too much of it, we

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    The main question: Consider the common themes and differences between the two health psychology issues chosen. Introduction The main two psychological issues are addiction and eating disorders and the concept of addiction has developed over the past several years. Substance dependence is the most closely related concept of the everyday meaning of addiction, and to meet the criteria for substance dependence one must demonstrate several, but not all of the following criteria: • Difficulty in

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    Binge Eating Disorder

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    the binge-eating disorder. (Fairburn, 1995) What is Binge-Eating Disorder? Binge-eating disorder is a common illness that faced

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    Eating disorders plague the lives of many people mentally and physically. Eating disorders are very common in the United States. More than eight million American men and women including children and adults suffer from eating disorders. There is more than one type of eating disorder. The following eating disorders are the most common ones found in the United States and other countries worldwide: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Binge Eating disorder. There are many factors that contribute to

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    Abstract Eating Disorders affect not only teens, but also adults and children within American society. Primarily, adolescents are the most analyzed subjects with regard to the effects of this particular mental disorder. Research was completed using one newspaper article, five peer-reviewed journals, one book from Towson University’s Cook Library reference section, and three scholarly Webpages. This research paper summarizes the leading definitions of eating disorders, presents a brief history and

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    person dies as a direct result of an eating disorder? Anyone can get an eating disorder. People can get a variety of eating disorders including, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, rumination disorder, binge eating disorder, avoidant/restrictive intake disorder, and many more. People can start having symptoms of an eating disorder at any point in their lives. People are born with a mental illness that causes an eating disorder, whereas others develop eating disorders from being bullied about their weight

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    Eating Disorders, The Silent Killer

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    Eating disorders are one of society’s most debilitating physical and psychological problems faced today. In the 1950s Marilyn Monroe was society’s role model, but would now be considered a plus-sized model and somewhat unattractive in society’s eyes (Steinem 5). Now in 2013, Demi Lovato, a pop singer, plays a huge role as a role model for young people, but has recently told the media that she suffers from anorexia nervosa and embraces it, ultimately showing adolescents that eating disorders are socially

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    types of disorders often experience their weight determining not only their mood but how they will consume their food. Eating disorders are not strict diets. Eating disorders are illnesses with exceptionally high health hazards. Eating disorders are seen mostly in teens and adults across the world in junior high, high school, or college campuses. There are three different types of eating disorders that include anorexia nervosa, binge eating, and bulimia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder

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    Eating Disorders Capstone Paper Eating Disorders: disorders characterized by abnormal eating habits (ex: anorexia nervosa and bulimia). Anorexia is “an emotional disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat (cnn.com).” Bulimia is an eating disorder in which a lot of food is consumed in a short amount of time, and is often followed by feelings of guilt or shame. This leads to those people to throw up the food. Today, so many girls believe that they need to be perfect

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