Eating Disorders

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Term Paper Title	Eating Disorders
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eating disorders

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Eating Disorders

Nicole awakes in her cold, dark room and already wishes it was time to go
back to bed. She dreads the thought of going through this day, which will be
like so many others in her recent past. She asks herself the question every
morning: “Will I be able to make it through the day without being totally
obsessed by thoughts of food, or will I blow it again and spend the day
bingeing?” She tells herself that today she will begin a new life, today she
will start to live like a normal human being. However, she is not at all
convinced that the choice is hers.

Nicole is one of the thousands of women who suffer from an eating disorder.
These disorders can be compulsive over-eating, bingeing and purging, or
starvation. The most commonly recognized eating disorders in today’s society
are Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa. “They are characterized as psychological
disorders, not just physical abnormalities.”(White 77) A short basic
definition of anorexia would describe it as: “A rare disorder characterized by
marked weight loss, an intense fear of gaining weight, and disturbance in the
experience of body shape.”(Nadelson 21) However, actually suffering through
the disease is much more complicated.

Often, anorexia begins with a period of dieting. The anorexic then begins to
feel unable or unwilling to stop dieting despite dangerous weight loss. “The
results of anorexia nervosa are often terrible to witness.”(Franklin 12) Some
of the signs are obvious to everyone; others can be concealed by the anorexic.
The physical consequences of anorexia can be anything from drying of skin to
altering physical structures of the brain. If untreated, anorexia nervosa can
lead to one final, tragic result: death.(Deitel C5)

Commonly referred to as, “The other eating disorder,” bulimia nervosa is
much “newer” than anorexia—-at least in terms of being recognized as a
distinct medical disorder. “Bulimia causes individuals to exhibit recurrent
episodes of binge eating, engage in inappropriate behavior to avoid weight gain,
for example self-induced vomiting, and are overly concerned with their shape and
weight.”(Sun-Sentinel 1A) Unlike anorexics, bulimics can keep their weight at
or near the normal level for their height and age. Anorexics, because of their
distorted ideas concerning, “ideal weight,” cannot. Bulimics lack the
discipline of anorexics. They can diet and exercise as anorexic...

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