Athletes in thin build sports are psychologically at risk for developing eating disorders (reference). ... Anorexics and bulimics are generally high achievers, people pleasers and perfectionists and all these traits are synonymous with personality profile of most professional and serious athletes. ... Specifically, in many cases athletes are under more pressure from more people; such as coaches and peers in conjunction with family members, hence putting them at a greater physiological risk to develop an eating disorder. Furthermore, the thin ideal in such sports as gymnastics, figure skating a...

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The weight of people has changed over the years and it is causing a huge problem for the lives of the people and the livelihood of the nations. ... Part II: Choices Their many reasons and causes as to why people gain weight. ... Many people find it hard to lose or go down or up from a certain weight. ... America is filled with mixed emotion people and people eating for anything. ... When people get off work they just want to go home and relax and get rest. ...

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People started moving away from farms to city, leading modern yet sedentary lives. ... The IFBB consisted of over 100 countries as members, and was one of the largest sports federations in the world! ... However, people are divided into three general body types Ectomorphs, Mesomorphs, Endomorphs. ... However most people do not fall into the three body types. ... People are worried about that if they look skinny presently they can never look buff, or if they are fat, they cannot look cut. ...

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Just to be what you thought people wanted you to be? ... Up to twenty-four million people have an eating disorder in the United States alone. ... Many people all over the world are affected by eating disorders. ... They can become withdrawn from people. ... Society Society has a big influence on people today. ...

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Unlike other attributes such as skin color and sex, as Rothblum states, "weight is thought to be under voluntary control, so that fat people are held responsible for their condition and for changing it." ... Appearing in gym class or swimming pools present a potentially embarrassing situation for the self-conscious child that must face his peers, and the possibility of being picked last for team sports. ... All one needs to do is enter your local bookstore and locate the "diet" aisle to see the overwhelming amount of books on diets that are "guaranteed to work" by the thin, beautiful people ...

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Anorexia Nervosa is a rapidly growing issue in today's society. The disease is identified by the refusal to maintain a healthy weight, an irrational fear of gaining weight despite weighing too little, loss of the menstrual cycle in women, and an inaccurate view of one's body, often referred to as dy...

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