After being told that my junior project would be a research paper on eating disorders, I quickly devised an approach to talk about this very serious topic. An eating disorder can occur in anyone. In order to help others understand what bulimia and anorexia mean, I have interviewed my cousin who was a victim of these two diseases. Afterwards I created videotape questioning my mother who also had suffered from anorexia and bulimia. .
My cousin Melissa was a popular bright young girl. Upon her arrival at school a crowd of admiring friends would greet her. She received all A's on her report card, and was expected to do so. Behind this wonderful girl was a sad empty soul. At home Melissa was always ignored, and never congratulated for her accomplishments. My aunt and uncle were very proud of her older brother who was star quarter back of the high school football team. He could receive all C's and one B, and they would throw him a party, but when Melissa came home with her perfect report card no one seemed to notice. .
As a freshmen and a sophomore Melissa learned to accept her life, but when she became a junior she could no longer handle it. She felt the need to be noticed and to be approved of by her parents; therefore she wanted to change. As she looked in the mirror she would think, "If only I had better looks." This train of thought became exacerbated as time went on until she perceived herself as needing to lose weight, and she gradually became consumed with dieting, pills, exercise, and starving herself. .
As time went on my aunt and uncle realized Melissa was beginning to look like a skeleton. She would have mood swings, constantly look in the mirror, weigh herself daily, and avoid meals. Her parents were beginning to get suspicious so they told her she had to eat dinner with them every night. Melissa didn't want to have any extra calories in her body, so she would have to form a plan to avoid ingesting all this food.
Anorexia and bulimia are both very harming eating disorders. ... Anorexia and Bulimia are similar but also very different, both still very harming to ones body. ... Suicide risk is elevated with bulimia. ... Anorexia and Bulimia are similar but take different tolls on the body. ... Every five years, anorexia nervosa has increased by 36%, today 8 million women suffer from either anorexia or bulimia. ...
Anorexia Nervosa vs. ... Another strong comparison to make between anorexia and bulimia is that psychologists have yet to find out if the causes of the disorders are from genetics, the environment, or a combination of both genetic and environmental factors. ... Although it is known that both anorexia and bulimia have very negative consequences, each disorder has different effects upon its victims. ... Also, while most victims of anorexia, about 15% to 20% (Kagan and Segal 1995), starve to death, victims of bulimia usually die from heart failure, which occurs when the binging-and-purging cycles...
I decided to focus on two eating disorders: bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa. ... Bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa are the two most widely recognized eating disorders. Bulimia usually begins in early adulthood and is most common in females. ... Another sign of anorexia in females is not menstruating. ... A lot of females that develop anorexia are dancers. ...
Although most people have an idea of what anorexia is all about, the starving, the denial, the compulsion few probably truly understand what Anorexia/Bulimia really involves. With each case Anorexia/Bulimia there is a different set of reasons, background circumstances, and habits. ... "Bulimia is an eating disorder that, like Anorexia Nervosa, is psychological in origin and can have dire physical consequences. ... Eating Disorders are not just the extremes of Anorexia and Bulimia. ... The American Anorexia/Bulimia Association also gives information, help and facts to sufferers and their f...
Anorexia and bulimia are the 2 most serious eating disorders and are now even been diagnosed in children as young as 7. Anorexia effects 2 out of every 100 girls and bulimia effects 1 in every 6 females in their later teens. ... Female Anorexia sufferers are determined to control the amount of food they eat in order to control their body fat. ... A person suffering from bulimia is less recognisable then a person suffering from anorexia because bulimia sufferers are usually average or slightly above average in weight for their hight. ... Bulimia is a secretive disease which means people go to g...
These two diseases, Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa are very different. ... I believe resorting to Anorexia and Bulimia is dangerous. ... Anorexia and Bulimia are very serious and potentially deadly diseases. ... The solution to Anorexia and Bulimia is not simple. ... If you are worried that a friend or family member has Anorexia or Bulimia please read the following. ...
The most common eating disorders presented today in society are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder. ... Anorexia Nervosa is mostly known as Anorexia; an eating disorder that is characterized by abnormal low body weight. ... Bulimia Nervosa is mostly known for bulimia; a very serious life-threating eating disorder. ... When an individual suffers from one of the eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder, is when they are mostly undergoing through a difficult time, such as depression or painful event. ... Also, many persons pr...
"Victims of anorexia nervosa develop a warped view of optimal thinness. ... It's not clear whether the combination of anorexia with bingeing and purging is more debilitating, physically or emotionally, than anorexia alone" (Grinspoon and Batalar 1). Both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are psychological disorders that also cause physical harm. ... Though bulimia is not as dangerous as anorexia because the victims almost always maintain a healthy weight, bulimia has far more side effects. ... Women's obsession with their weight causes major psychological problems such as anorexia...
Many young women develop potentially life-threatening eating disorders, some being anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. It is estimated that seven million women suffer from anorexia nervosa. ... Page 2 Another type of eating disorder is bulimia nervosa. Though bulimia is not as dangerous as anorexia, many teenagers turn bulimic as an effort to become "supermodel" like. Up to one-third of anorexic individuals develop bulimia nervosa (Berg, 58). ...
The most common eating disorders are anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. ... Anorexia has many side effects. ... Bulimia, like anorexia nervosa, is an eating disorder. ... Bulimia can occur on its own or intermittently with anorexia. ... If you have bulimia, you probably share some common feelings that people with anorexia may have. ...
