The loss of weight is slow and most often starts with a perfectly normal weight reducing diet. ... The families of anorexics are often high achieving with high expectations of their children. ... The more intense the social pressure to be skinny, the more likely it seems that a troubled young woman will develop an eating disorder, especially if they believe that control over one's appetite is the way to win respect and attain social success. ... Her heart rate and blood pressure can become dangerously low, and loss of potassium in the blood may cause irregular heart rhythms. ... Laxa...

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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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Studies show that 90 percent of high school students diet regularly, even though only 10 to 15 percent of them are considered overweight according to standard height weight charts. ... So you would think that the plus size models would help a person improve their body image, and reduce the pressure society puts on an individual to be thin, yet this is not the case. ... Furthermore, it has been shown that those who have what society considers a good job, and receive a high salary are usually thin (Rodin 227). ... Both of these eating disorders are very dangerous, and have extreme health haza...

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When placed in a setting, such as a family mealtime, where they are expected to eat they will often cut their food into small pieces and move it around their plate to make it look as if they have eaten, or they will hide food in their napkin. ... Anorexics often suffer from a shrunken heart with an irregular beat, a loss of bone marrow, brittle bones, and a low pulse and blood pressure. ... A binge is to eat an unusually large quantity of food-most often food that is high in calorie and very fattening-at one time. ... Some examples include; broken blood vessels in the face, bite marks on the m...

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When looking in the mirror, anorexics see a distorted image even if their weight is very well below eighty-five percent of the average weight set point. ... If left untreated, death is the most severe health risk anorexics face. ... Fischer, 2008) contemplating that people binge eat to reduce negative effect of guilt and anxiety to escape the negative emotions by further binge eating and purging. ... Fundukian (2011) bulimics choose to eat high-fat, high-sugar food and will eat in isolation. ...

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