Eating Disorders

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Term Paper Title	Eating Disorders
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eating disorders

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Science

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eating disorders

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11-20-00

Women’s Health

I wrote this essay to a friend of mine who I think falls under the category
of either Anorexia or Bulimia. I felt that this was my way of helping her cure
her problem and educate her on problems that can arise while under this
condition. This was my way of giving back what I have read while doing this
paper and the information I have taken in during Women’s Health.

Anorexia and Bulimia

Anorexia and Bulimia are serious, functional eating disorders. There are many
similarities with the two diseases, but the few differences differentiate the
two. Mostly occurring in women, these disorders cause a person to look in the
mirror and see themselves as 73.6-80.6 percent larger than they really are.
These are terrible diseases that are almost purely mental and they need
immediate treatment.

Anorexia is an eating disorder in which a person has an intense fear of
gaining weight or becoming obese. This person will eat very little, like an
apple, or nothing at all for the whole day. One percent of all American women
are anorexic, and the ratio of anorexic men to anorexic women is 9 to 1. This
disease occurs in more women than men because women feel the pressure from our
society to be thin. This disease can cause a lot of damage to the body such as
slowed heart rate, lowered body temperature and blood pressure, premature bone
loss, loss of menstruation or irregular periods, changed in body hair, grayish
or yellowish skin, and mood changes. The body gets run down by having no fuel to
run on and goes through many changes. Anorexia is often linked with a similar
disease called bulimia.

Bulimia is a disorder where a person binged after constant exercising and
purges afterwards (self-induced vomiting or use of laxatives or diuretics). This...

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