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Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder in which a person refuses to maintain a healthy weight for his or her age and height. It is a self-imposed starvation resulting from a distorted body image. According to The Journal of American Medical Association, individuals with the disease typically lose 25% or more of his or her original body weight. There is also evidence that anorexia nervosa runs in families and can be inherited.
The exact cause of anorexia nervosa is unknown. It is believed to be a result of psychological, biological, and social stress. It may also be related to sexual development during adolescence. Some experts believe that anorexia nervosa is a response to social attitudes that equate beauty with being thin.
Even though the vast majority of doctors and health care professionals...
Many in the health care community conclude that besides social pressures contributing to the ongoing problem, there are several other reasons the disease has increased 36% every five years since the 1950's.
Besides the obvious social pressures brought on by the media, there are many other factors that have significantly contributed to the rise of anorexia nervosa cases. Because we live in a media-motivated society we constantly focus on the illustration of body image as it is placed in front of us. The majority of adolescents look at size 2 as normal, when in fact the average adolescent is a size 10. (There is a study, which shows that young girls are…
Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge-Eating Disorder, Night Eating Syndrome and Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified Eating disorders are psychological illnesses associated with a host of adverse medical conditions, negative psychological affects, and substantial reductions in quality of life. This paper will explore some of the causes research has attributed to this behavior. According to Leslie Sim, et al. (2010) the main eating disorders are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating
Eating Disorder Anomalous eating habits involving too less or too much dietary intake that may lead to physical or mental harm to an individual is known as Eating Disorders. Classification of Eating Disorders According to Walsh and Sysko (2009) Eating Disorders are most commonly classified into three categories Anorexia nervosa (AN) Bulimia nervosa (BN) Atypical eating disorder or Eating disorders not otherwise specified (EDNOS) Anorexia Nervosa is a medical condition associated with exceptionally low food intake, less
Eating Disorders How the Perception of Beauty Influences Eating Disorders With everything changing in this society, the aspect of beauty especially when it comes to women has kept changing, sometimes desperately to the extent of individuals adopting extreme behaviors in the pursuit of the ideal 'beauty'. Instances where different kinds of media communicate the significance of physical beauty in the contemporary world and the means of achieving such traits are widespread. The
Eating Disorders and Gender There are medical conditions which more commonly occur in one gender over another. These conditions can be either mental or physical. Very often, they are both mental and physical conditions. Certain medical situations are extremely severe and can potentially result in serious harm to the body or perhaps even death. There are certain conditions which being with a mental impression, a false belief that has been ingrained
The patients are kept under observation for 24 hours unless the severity of symptoms is higher (Medline Plus 2012). Outpatient treatment of anorexia Outpatient treatment of anorexia aims to correct signs and symptoms shown by the patient of anorexia. There are some medical conditions, based on which the anorexic patients are referred to outpatient treatment. Firstly, the patient requires psychotropic treatment, there is failures in physiological functioning and most importantly, the
Eating disorder is characterized by abnormal eating habits involving excessive or insufficient intake of food which is detrimental to the individual's physical and mental well-being. There are two common types of eating disorders although there are other types of eating disorders. The first is bulimia nervosa which is excessive eating coupled with frequent vomiting. The second type is anorexia nervosa which is immoderate restriction of food which leads to irrational