Orthorexia Nervosa Orthorexia nervosa is an eating disorder often described as an obsession about healthy eating. It begins as an innocent attempt to maintain a healthy body weight, which over time escalates into an obsession (serious dedication) about healthy eating (Marcason)
The authors conclude "Findings indicate that concerns about the possible adverse effects of dieting should not dissuade overweight and obese individuals from pursuing weight loss." (Wadden et al
Also, a test known as the DERS indicated that there was a significant difference in these two populations in their ability to regulate their emotions, with the women with eating disorders demonstrating less ability to do so than that of their counterparts. Lastly, it is significant to note that participants underwent clinical testing to ensure that there were parallels between the groups "regarding age, IQ score estimated using the NART, or years of education" (Harrison et al
, 1996) Another study also determined that "binge-eating," one of the classic symptoms of a serious eating disorder, was in fact far more common among Asian-American women than among Caucasian women in the United States. (Story, M
The impact of anxiety on eating disorders amongst adolescents Byrne (2000) in his study found strong links between anxiety, eating disorders and low self-esteem amongst adolescents. He founded his study on two theories, namely (1) classical turmoil theory and (2) normality theory (Byrne, 2000)
This chapter has been divided into eight subsections so that all relevant issues can be highlighted and tackled systematically. Cohen, Manion and Morrison (2000) in their book point out that dividing the methodology into subsections converts the general aims of the research into practical and feasible objectives (Cohen, Manion and Morrison, 2000)
A few studies conducted over a few generations have shown that the earlier generations showed higher adaptation and tolerance for their parents' culture while the later generations showed more openness towards the social or immigrant cultures. Other research studies came to the same conclusion (Knafo and Schwartz, 2001; Phinney et al
Self-esteem, when defined as a weighing scale to measure the self-merit of an individual or as a self-analyzing process has been overtime related to a numerous amount of modification and welfare factors. Some of these factors are academic feats or accomplishments, despair/melancholy/dejection, communal contacts, probability or likelihood of suicidal characteristics or desperation (Wichstrom, 2000), consumption syndromes, behavior syndromes, flexibility to unexpected or hectic happenings, and eating disorders (Scheier, Botvin, Griffin, & Diaz, 2000)
In addition, we assume that commonsense thinking and scientific thinking are more or less identical in nature. With these assumptions in mind, we take a post-positivism philosophical foundation; as in line with Trochim (2000) post-positivism is the outright denial of positivism (which argues that the laws of the nature are perfunctory and therefore deductive reasoning can be the only suitable approach to comprehend nature) and presupposes that day-to-day human and scientific reasoning are more or less the same and in order to understand reality, researchers have to use not only deductive but also inductive reasoning (Trochim, 2000)
Self-esteem, when defined as a weighing scale to measure the self-merit of an individual or as a self-analyzing process has been overtime related to a numerous amount of modification and welfare factors. Some of these factors are academic feats or accomplishments, despair/melancholy/dejection, communal contacts, probability or likelihood of suicidal characteristics or desperation (Wichstrom, 2000), consumption syndromes, behavior syndromes, flexibility to unexpected or hectic happenings, and eating disorders (Scheier, Botvin, Griffin, & Diaz, 2000)
Out of all that information, 660,000 of them actually die from their illness (Harrison & Cantor, 2011). These Eating disorders are clearly having an affect on the health and well-being of teenagers, mainly females (Derenne, & Beresin, 2006)
Research shows that there are about 10 million females and 1 million males in the United States suffering from eating disorders. Out of all that information, 660,000 of them actually die from their illness (Harrison & Cantor, 2011)
To initially stable the emotional and nutritional position of the patients. To bring about an instant termination of the destructive behaviors that are cooperating the physical and/or emotional health of the patient (Jane & Lozzi, 2009)
A refusal for forced treatment or involuntary hospitalization should be determined on that competency basis. If the patient is fully aware of the consequences and is competently refusing treatment for her anorexia on a number of various grounds, then the attempt of a medical forced treatment would be unethical -- to the point where it is even a violation of the patient's rights (Draper, 2002)
That said, doctors are responsible for providing medical aid and protection to the best of their abilities. How far must one draw the line, however, before the patient is well beyond one's help (Werth, 2003)? After explaining to the patient and the patient has reasoned that her life is past help (owing to her extremely poor quality of life, constant hospitalization, and bodily failure), then surely here the doctor would be transgressing on dangerous ground should he or she continue with the treatment
Being characterized by "self-starvation" means that the disorder is brought on by a deliberate and sustained weight loss and is to be distinguished from "anorexia" in which a symptomatic loss of appetite or disinterest in food occurs. The four primary symptoms of anorexia nervosa include a deliberate resistance to maintaining a 'normal' body weight for the age and height; an intense fear of gaining weight or being fat, even while being underweight; suffering from a distorted body image; and loss of menstrual periods in post-menarchal females (Levey, 2006)
Eating Disorders Anorexia nervosa has been known to cause various physical and mental health problems. Among physical health risks are stunted growth, lowered immune system functions, amenorrhoea which causes women to stop menstruating, tooth decay, thinning of the hair, coldness, an chronic headaches, (Stoppler 2008)
Models in fashion magazines and TV commercials are 25% thinner than an average woman in America. (Wood, 2001)
Eating disorders extensively harms normal body working and can be severe. (Eating Disorders: Types, Risk Factors and Treatments) Causes for Eating Disorders: Scientists have examined the characters, heredity, surroundings, and biochemistry of people with these sicknesses, in trying to know the reason for eating disorders
On the other hand, a number of studies suggest that families who encourage independence enable their adolescents to develop a clear identity. Individuation and positive self-concept during adolescence can best be achieved by continuous attachment to parents who provide consistent encouragement of autonomy while emphasizing connectedness (Demidenko et al