Orthorexia Research Paper

Today we live in a society that debates just about every issue out there. From politics, culture and medicine it seems criticism outweighs the solutions in every way. From popular issue comes the popular debate about the Childhood Obesity and who is truly responsible for such rising pandemic. The article “Children Should Not Diet” that is published by Opposite View Points was written by Yoni Freedhoff who claims that Childhood Obesity is not child’s fault, but that the true issue lies with the parents and therefore placing children on a diet is not the solution to the problem. The article uses somewhat of an ethical fallacy that focuses the problem on the individuals rather that the problem as a much bigger issue. The author is clever to use

The author is not even preventing from people having eating disorders or giving advice or suggestions. Mim Udovitch is just presenting the audience with facts and experiences from people suffering from anorexia or bulimia. The article is just making the problems of high fatal rates of mental illness from people suffering from bulimia and anorexia obvious to the adults. The group of people that mainly read The New York Times is adults. Ken Jackson believes that The New York Times should be publishing articles about people who want help and methods of helping them. The true meaning behind the article is not being shown because the article is covered with facts and experiences. The author did not stress enough on improving the lives of many individuals suffering from eating disorders. Udovitch should be inspiring people with eating disorders to treat themselves and seek help.

In this article “Fighting Anorexia: No One to Blame” it discusses the struggles and challenges children face as young as 8 years old and teens from 13 to 18 years of age when dealing with the eating disorder “Anorexia Nervosa.” Which is defined in our text as an “eating disorder characterized by self-starvation” (Bee, pg. 384). The staff of “Newsweek” also discuss who or what is to blame for anorexia nervosa in the past parents have been blamed when their children have shown signs in regards to this disorder. Research has shifted from blaming the parents to the possibility anorexia might have some links to mental disorder, genetics or even environmental factors which can influence the disorder. Lastly, the article discusses various

Educating the parents of today’s youth. Critser administers the solution by declaring the parents as the enablers to this rising epidemic. Critser attempts to educate parents by displaying an example of two age groups of children. He uses an examination done by Pennsylvania State University of three-year-olds and five-year-olds and describes how their eating habits differed. From the two age groups, Critser develops a hypothesis due to the fact that the three-year-old age group did not continue to eat when they were satisfied with their portion, while the five-year-old age group devoured the food until their plate was clean. This experiment confirmed that the children responded according to the diets their parents have continuously displayed upon them. In a case of overweight 6- to 12-year-olds, when persistently taught about restraint of food and diets, up to 30% were no longer considered obese. This, alone, exhibits the importance of educating today’s parents so they will deliver their knowledge of obesity, and how to prevent obesity, to their

While writing this paper I have learned more about eating disorders and the treatments that these patients go through to get better. I also have a better understanding of their struggles with in themselves to fight these disorders in order to get their lives back. If its one thing I can teach my daughter is to be happy with herself no matter what. And to teach her come talk me if she ever is feeling like she needs to diet or to lose some weight, so I can teach her to do it the right way. I never want this to happen to anyone and I think parents should have regular talks with their kids about healthy

Despite the great lengths he took to flesh out the argument he meant to disprove, he delivers a counterargument lacking any support. He begins by laying down the thesis for the argument he plans to refute: societal precedents preach that food should never be the subject of controversy (161). He reinforces this with a quote from a popular novel and goes as far as to elaborate on the argument. Critser elaborates on the notion that children whose eating is limited will rebel or lose confidence, forming unhealthy eating habits (161). In his attempt to counter this argument that he has gone out of his way to strongly support, he fails to offer any support for his claim. He offers up the fact that “Stigmatizing the unhealthful behaviors. . . would conform with what we know about effective health messages.” (Critser 161), touching on his first mistake; he assumes that the reader knows, instead of going out of his way to cite evidence. He trusts that the reader has awareness of just how the campaigns against unsafe sex and smoking affected the populous, only acknowledging that these campaigns were, “highly effective in reducing harm,” (Critser 161). Not only that,

There were several things in the article that shocking to me and appear to contribute to anorexia nervosa. The suggestion the Slim Fast is discouraged shows a complete lack of concern for ones health. This is stating that this meal substitute has too many carbs and calories, while it would seem to be and effective substitute due to the vitamin that would be beneficial to ones health. I have also never heard of eating in front of a mirror with no clothes on and if that is possible have a picture of yourself in revealing clothes to keep you on goal seems extreme. Next having a rubber band around your wrist to pop when you get hungry stating food = pain seems to be an action that would cause a psychological disorder that can stay with you

It is apparent that with the increasing popularity of social media today, there has been a shift in dietary changes within our society. Individuals are subconsciously changing how and what they eat. The question arises, why are so many young women dissatisfied with their bodies, despite their size? Although there are several forces believed to play a role in this dissatisfaction such as peer criticism and parental influences, the thin-ideal body is dominating the media (Grabe, Ward, & Hyde, 2008). Thinness is largely emphasized and praised for women in magazines, television shows, movies and commercials (Stice & Shaw, 1992). Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder that stems from this ubiquitous obsession to be thin and is often associated with a pathological fear of gaining weight, distorted self-body image and emaciation (The American Heritage® Science Dictionary).

In 2014, two parents were arrested because their son was obese. The boy weighed 210 pounds; however, his parents did not consider his weight to be a problem. They did not think that being obese was a big deal. Like this case, these days, the rate of childhood obesity is increasing greatly, and childhood obesity is becoming a serious issue for children. Childhood obesity has many poor aspects for children. For instance, it is unhealthy for children’s bodies, and it also negatively influences their future bodies. Also, it causes bullying at school because of childhood obesity and truancy that are related to mental issues. Scholars assert that childhood obesity is the fault of parents; however, some scientists claims that it is due to genetics or diseases, such as an internal predisposition and hypothalamic disease. Despite these claims, the evidences shows that childhood obesity is a result of a lack of parental care, and parents should be held accountable on childhood obesity.

Child obesity is a condition characterized by the child having too much fat in the body to an extent of his or her health being in danger. In adults, it could be described as a state of having a body mass index of more than thirty (Paxon, 2006). Parents feeding them with too many calories bring about obesity in children. The excess calories are converted to fats that accumulate in the child’s body. This child will develop a big body because he or she will add weight and become quite fleshy. Obese children are at a risk of getting very adverse health effects, some of

Parents should be aware that if they let their kids eat fast fastfood or any unhealthy food, the kid would end up being overweight. Parents should teach kids the importance of eating right in order to prevent obesity later in life. Kids usually pay attention on what they eat. They only get distracted by the media and what the media advertise, and all they advertise are usually unhealthy food. The kids often let their parents buy them what they see in the media. Instead the parents should buy snacks which are healthier version. Brody also tates in her article that “for those who become obese by age 10 or 11, he or his co-authors said, family based programs are needed to keep overweight from carrying over into adult hands” (20”. This shows that not only adults are eating unhealthy but even the kids are eating junk food that causes them to be overweight. The parents aren't really doing anything to stop the kids from eating unhealthy food. Parents should start to raise their kids in a proper way and feed them healthy food and encourage the kids to go

Yes: Lindsey Getz, from “orthorexia” argues that in some measures it’s a reflection upon the obsession rather than something that just doing. People whose suffer from orthorexia turn their daily life into a restricted wealth thoughts and malnourished their body. They flip flop back and ford between different diets, because they struggle with daily balance and rational thoughts.

This journal article focuses on anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and obesity in children. Many of the statements being made are blaming only the parents, since they feed their children the food that is not the healthiest. The author does bring the factor of the medical conditions that may come to light for some obese children. I found it interesting when discussing genetic factors it is referred to the parents not being active, rather than being obese, spending too much time in front a TV. Instead of giving someone a magic pill, or a surgery, but simple life changes. He encourages exercise, better food choices, and decrease food intake. As always the parents should be encouraging the children in the lifestyle changes. The parents in my opinion

Although orthorexia nervosa is not an eating disorder that many people are aware of, it is

I like your thorough presentation on how a cognitive-behavioural therapist would conceptualize this family’s presenting issues. The daughter’s thought processes regarding food, resulting into restriction of her food intake must be considered. I agree with you that, the media’s portrayal of beauty (weight) is a positive reinforcement of her behaviour towards food. Looking trough a CBT lens, I would like to know this family’s view about food and weight. I wonder too if the parents fight in front of the daughter and the only time the fighting stops is when the mother pays attention to her during meal time and the father moving away. Thus, the parents reactions are negative reinforcement to her behaviour.