Eating Disorders and Culture

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Eating Disorders and Culture

• Social Psychology
• Adolescence

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Anorexia

• Anorexia is an eating disorder in which the
  individual does not intake enough calories to
  promote normal body functioning
• It is most common during adolescence but a
  growing number of cases are being reported in
  youth and adults
• In order to be diagnosed they must be 15 their
  normal body weight and have the cognitive aspects
  that go with the disease
• It is considered and anxiety disorder and seems
  to be a western phenomena

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Anorexia contd

• Ten percent of anorexia patients will die from
  their illness
• Anorexia can be the result of
• Not eating
• Taking laxatives
• Excessive exercise
• Etcetera
• Most anorexics are female but there are cases of
  males

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Bulimia

• Bulimia is caused by binge eating followed by
  inappropriate means of ridding yourself of the
  food (may also occur without binging and in
  combination with anorexia)
• Bulimia is an anxiety disorder
• it tends to be a western phenomena
• Side effects yellow, rotting teethbad
  breathscraped handsbut they may not always
  appear too thin
• Most cases are female but there are cases of males

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Binge Eating

• Characterized by periods of over eating and loss
  of control (anxiety related)
• Sufferers tend to be overweight
• Seems to appear in women about 2/3 of the time as
  opposed to 1/3 men

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Cultural Phenomenon

• Most eating disorders are a western phenomena.
  What do you think are the reasons for this?
• How has the introduction of the internet changed
  the effects of anorexia and bulimia?
• Pro Anna
• Pro Mia