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Upper Saddle River Eating Disorders
1,220 words... resource for unreasonable image standards is directly effecting the Caucasian girls as opposed to others for their ideal differs than that of other cultures. Research has proved that different cultures have different ideals of the perfect body and different standards of beauty. For example, studies have shown that white and black girls have different images of the "ideal girl." White girls, much more than black girls, opt for an unrealistic body of 5 ' 7 " 100 pounds. Much of the cultural di...
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Eating Disorders Among Athletes
2,017 wordsThe Growing Problem of Eating Disorders Among Athletes Most people would expect athletes to know the latest fitness and health information. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. Eating disorders affect male and female athletes all over the world, causing problems in their performance as well as impairing their health. Moreover, pressure from coaches, who should be the most concerned with the health and performance of their athletes, can be the main cause in the development of eating disord...
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Eating Disorders Feel Comfortable
1,364 wordsThroughout history and through a cross-section of cultures, women have transformed their appearance to conform to a beauty ideal. Ancient Chinese aristocrats bound their feet as a show of femininity; American and European women in the 1800 s cinched in their waists so tightly, some suffered internal damage; in some African cultures women continue to wear plates in their lower lips, continually stretching the skin to receive plates of larger size. The North American ideal of beauty has continuall...
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Eating Disorders Physical Appearance
823 wordsWhy would a frightening percent of American women gladly trade five years off their lives for 10 pounds off their bodies -- or prefer to be perceived as thin rather than as kind or intelligent? In our society, the thin message is relentless, and is rapidly spreading among women of all ages. The American standard of physical perfection promotes both eating disorders and an obsession with thinness among women, and consequences of this obsession can often be tragic. Women need to devise a way to em...
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People Who Suffer Eating Disorders
1,638 wordsEating Disorders This paper is about eating disorders, illness / condition , its characteristic features and likely causes. In this paper current treatments for eating disorders and services available in the northern territory will be described. Also I would like to discuss what the likely effect will be on the individual, family and friends. Eating is controlled by many factors, including appetite, food availability, family, peer, and cultural practices, and attempts at voluntary control. [] Ea...
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Eating Disorders Desirable Traits
4,633 wordsEleven million women in the United States suffer from eating disorders- either self-induced semi starvation (anorexia nervosa) or a cycle of bingeing and purging with laxatives, self-induced vomiting, or excessive exercise (bulimia nervosa) (Dunn, 1992). Many eating disorder specialists agree that chronic dieting is a direct consequence of the social pressure on American females to achieve a nearly impossible thinness. The media has been denounced for upholding and perhaps even creating the emac...
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Upper Saddle River Eating Disorders
2,465 wordsMelissa Willard November 29, 1999 English 1201 Body Obsession in the Media In a world where image seems to be everything, its hard not to pay attention to the way you look. Body Image is a quickly growing fad all over the world today. Everyone wants to be that Victoria Secret model or the buff guy on the cover of GQ magazine. The problem is some people go the wrong way about obtaining that image and even go to the extent of hurting themselves to reach that ideal look. Many of us catch ourselves ...
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