I definitely don't think any coach should pressure their athletes to do this. ... Amenorrhea is as high as 66 percent in female athletes. ... Bone mass is reduced and this causes stress fractures and bone breakage during physical activity. ... The heart pumps irregularly, and the muscle becomes weak and thin which causes blood pressure to fall. ... When a bulimic starts their binges, they choose high -carbohydrate foods with smooth textures and high fat. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Anorexia Nervosa In January of 1999, a ten year old girl named Kelsey asked her parents if she could go to a weight loss camp in the summer. Kelsey wasn't very over weight, but her parents decided if that would make her feel better about herself, then why not? ... Men's sex hormones fall, they are most likely to be horrified of being fat, and fears of gaining weight even if the person is underweight, complaining of being fat even when extremely thin. ... Sometimes weight loss will often trigger off the illness, families with high expectations for their children are the main t...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Even if it meant losing you life? ... If the person is depressed and they want to control the pain, they may starve themselves. ... If a family has high expectations, the child might want a way to cope with all the pressure. ... In a person's heart, they could have a slow, irregular pulse or low blood sugar. ... In a survey, out of 185 female students on a college campus, fifty-eight percent felt pressured to be a certain weight; of that, eighty-three percent dieted for weight loss, and forty-four percent were of normal weight. ...

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• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School