Abstract There are many ways someone can lose weight. Many people choose a healthy method of weight loss, such as exercising and a good, nutritious diet. Other people lose weight by developing an eating disorder. Eating disorders are dangerous and can result in serious mental and physical health problems. Recovery from eating disorders is a battle that can last a lifetime. Resulting to losing weight by starving the body is an unsafe method. However, exercise is an effective method of weight loss. With hard work, dedication, and patience, exercise can help someone lose weight. Exercising regularly result in mental and physical benefits. According to Hippocrates (n.d), “If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much; we would have found the safest way to health.” (Retrieved from http://www.builtlean.com/2013/01/02/exercise-motivation-quotes-2/ ). With all the different methods of weight loss, it is important to choose a method that is a safe and healthy method.
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Anorexia and Exercise: Two Methods of Weight Loss
There are many methods for losing weight. People lose weight by dieting, joining a gym, joining a kickboxing class, etc. People also try to lose weight in harmful ways by becoming bulimic or anorexic. Many people face serious consequences from the choice of trying to lose weight by starving themselves. When considering methods for losing weight, exercise should be considered over anorexia because it is a healthier and safer method. Harriet Brown(n.d.) said, “Between 10 and 20 percent of people with anorexia die from heart attacks, other complications, and suicide; the disease has the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. Or Kitty could have lost her life in a different way, lost it to the roller coaster ride of relapse and recovery, inpatient and outpatient that eats up on average, five to seven years. Or a lifetime: only half of all anorexics recover in the end. The other half endures lives of dysfunction and despair. Friends and families give up on them. Doctors dread treating them. They are left to stand in the bakery with the voice ringing in their ears, alone in every way that matters.”(Retrieved from http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/anorexia).
Why Do People Become Anorexic?
Anorexia is a method of weight loss that is done by refusing to eat. It has been said that people who are anorexic do not eat and exercise excessively. Anorexia is mostly common in women and young girls. People who have low self-esteem and confidence try to lose weight from an eating disorder. According to Eating Disorders Foundation of Victoria (2011), “Body image refers to how a person perceives, thinks and feels about their physical appearance. While a person’s appearance compasses only a small part of who they are and what they contribute to the world, body image too commonly represents a person’s greater sense of self-worth, whereby poor body image contributes directly to low self-esteem” (Retrieved from http://www.eatingdisorders.org.au/eating-disorders/risk-factors/body-image). People with a distorted body image tend to lose weight by becoming anorexic. People who are anorexic have an intense fear of gaining weight. People can have a problem with his or her body image because of what society expects a person to look like. In a world where skinny models and actresses are idolized, people want to look like them. These images of how a teen and women are supposed look can put pressure on someone to lose weight. This pressure to lose weight can lead to several mental disorders.
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Mental Disorders Caused by Anorexia
Anorexia can lead to several mental disorders. According to DeNoon (2011), “Anorexia is the most lethal psychiatric disorder, carrying a six fold increased risk of death – four times the death risk from
be talking about Anorexia. What is Anorexia? Anorexia (aka Anorexia Nervosa) is an eating disorder. An eating disorder is categorized as when you eat or don’t, and it affects your health in a negative manner. The difference from a healthy diet and Anorexia, is that when you have a healthy diet, you want to control how others view your body through your weight. If you have anorexia, you try to control your emotions and life through your body weight. There are 2 types of anorexia. One is the restricting…
November 2012 Lopez 1 Yazmin Lopez Mrs. Farrar English III 12 November 2012 Eating Disorders: The Effects and Treatments Adolescents, mostly teenagers, are a population of individuals who struggle with eating disorders, such as Anorexia and Bulimia every day. During the teenage years, their development changes, both physical and hormonal are often quick, drastic, and unexpected. A common physical change is weight gaining. Most or some teens are already struggling with weight issues…
What Anorexia Nervosa Is and How It Affects Individuals People of all ages have sought after an ideal body, at which some point they are willing to do whatever it takes to get the body of Jennifer Lopez or Taylor Lautner. For some, eating healthy and living an active lifestyle are two major parts of their everyday life, others want a faster alternative such as Anorexia Nervosa. People who suffer from Anorexia Nervosa tend to feel that they look like the beautiful bodies on television or in magazines…
Haven Townsend Ray Trower Psychology of Human Development 17 November 2013 Anorexia Nervosa Anorexia is a lack or loss of appetite for soon. It is seen as a medical condition. Anorexia is a serious disorder in eating behavior primarily of young women in their teens and early twenties that is characterized especially by a pathological fear of weight gain leading to faulty eating patterns, malnutrition, and usually excessive weight loss. It’s only human to wish we looked different or could…
“ ANOREXIA NERVOSA ” INTRODUCTION Most of us have heard at least one story of an emaciated teen age girl who starves herself because she’s convinced she’s fat. But despite anorexia’s TV – talk show familiarity, misconceptions about it abound. As a result, many sufferers can often go moths or even years before someone notices that they’re sick and steers them toward help. Some teenage girls go through this kind of disorder at different times of their lives. This kind of illness…
four types of eating disorders: Anorexia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa and Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS). ANOREXIA NERVOSA Anorexia nervosa is a serious and potentially life-threatening eating disorder characterized by self-starvation and extreme weight loss. FACTS ❏ Approximately 90-95% of anorexia nervosa sufferers are girls and women ❏ Anorexia nervosa is one of the most common psychiatric diagnoses in adolescent women ❏ Anorexia nervosa has one of the highest…
The definition of eating disorders is any of a range of psychological disorders characterized by abnormal or disturbed eating habits. There a few types of eating disorders, two are anorexia and bulimia. Most eating disorders start off as a simple diet to improve one’s health, however some people lose control and the obsession of food takes over their life. Many dancers have eating disorder in order maintain a certain body type to stay on a dance company. Many ballet companies will not consider someone…
topic is about the effect anorexia nervosa takes on fertility in women. The first angle I will be analyzing is the effect of psychological stress takes on leading to anorexia. The second angle on the topic is how amenorrhea, the absence of menstrual period caused by anorexia, can affect conception in women. Lastly, for the third angle I will be researching how excessive exercise can be another cause for developing anorexia and amenorrhea, and lead to infertility. Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder…
possibly developing eating disorders. There are several factors that contribute to the rise of obesity. The first is that a lot of people are not taught the value and importance of nutrition. People do not eat healthy and most claim they are too busy to exercise. I also believe that people feel that they cannot afford to follow a healthy diet because a couple double cheeseburgers for a couple of dollars is way cheaper than buying healthy fruits and produce at the grocery store. People also find that fast…
habits and regular exercise. Before eating disorders in athletes can be discussed it’s important to know what is defined as an eating disorder and what the different types of eating disorders are. Eating disorders are any disturbance in a normal eating pattern. There are four main types of eating disorders, and two being the most common of the four. They are Anorexia and Bulemia which are the most common and Cachexia and Binge eating disorder which are the other two. “Anorexia nervosa is characterized…
