Describe the signs and symptoms of the eating disorders you described in Question 1a above. Eating disorder 1: Signs and symptoms of anorexia can be physical like: extreme weight loss and thin appearance, fatigue and insomnia, dizziness and fainting, dry and yellowish skin, intolerance of cold, irregular heart rhythms, low blood pressure and dehydration or emotional and behavioural: denial of hunger and refusal to eat, flat, depressed mood, irritability and social withdrawal. Eating disorder 2: Signs and symptoms of bulimia may include: eating until the point of discomfort and pain, misuse of diuretics or laxatives, swollen cheeks and sore throat, stomach problems, tooth enamel loss and gum disease, frequent bathroom visits during or straight after meal. 1c. Describe the possible short-term and long-term effects on health of these eating disorders.
When it comes to anorexia, eating and meal times can become very stressful. A person may obsessively count how many calories they eat and exercise multiple times in a day. There are two types of anorexia; restrictive anorexia and purging anorexia. The restricting type is achieved by controlling calorie intake by crash dieting, over exercising fasting, etc (Smith and Segal, 2014). Purging anorexia is achieved by vomiting, using laxatives or diuretics (Smith and Segal, 2014).
Anorexia nervosa is basically an obsessive fear of gaining weight. It is when a person has a loss of appetite and a distorted image of him/herself and body. When a noticeable weight loss happens in an abnormally short amount of time, it is commonly linked to this disorder. Bulimia nervosa is when a person does an act called “binging and purging.” In this case, the victim of this disorder tends to over-eat, but when this person is done, he or she forces the food out of the body. Normally, this is done, because
However the researcher suggested that hunger stimulated by injections by NPY might actually be an experimental artefact, in the flood of NPY during experimental manipulations could cause behaviour not like that caused by normal amounts of neurotransmitter. NPY also has an important role as neural mechanisms in Obesity, as people eating in excess
Of all the symbols and ironic devices Wilde uses, food is one of the most prominent. Food is often used throughout Earnest to symbolise other appetites and indulgences, but with an ironic twist. Where a good meal would represent a good friendship, Wilde twists to do just the opposite. It is a common literary theory that when one eats, it is to share ideas with another. In the simplest terms, if the meal goes well it is to say ‘I like you’, if the meal does not go well it is to say ‘I do not like you’, and if the meal does not take place as originally planned, it is to say ‘ I hate you.’ In Earnest, however, these conventions are not met.
There may be day-to-day anxiety that a loved one may accidentally eat a food that could lead to anaphylaxis, a dangerous allergic reaction. Food allergy is a growing problem, and therefore it is important to keep the public aware of allergic reactions and their possible causes, symptoms, treatments and knowing how to minimize the risk of having an allergic reaction that has the possibility of being lifethreatening. The role of the immune system is to protect the body from bacteria, viruses and toxins and normally this is what the immune system does in every individual. In some people, the immune system responds to environmental antigens that cause inflammation and damage to the body itself. This formally is called an allergy.
Increase in food portion size – People think super sizing their fast food meal is a great deal. The need to push sales and increase business, serving sizes are an estimated triple the size and then people also eat dessert. 4. Decrease in food preparation time – Fast lifestyles have taken over and people eat out of necessity instead of eating for pleasure. They eat too fast, don’t enjoy the food, don’t enjoy the time it should take to prepare the food.
At the same time however, some parts of these pieces presented logical fallacies that must be presented accordingly. Altogether, the authors and creator combined different rhetorical strategies to contort the thematic relationship in their own way. The authors and creator of the three pieces utilize strategies to appeal to the pathos, ethos, and logs of the audience while also furthering the theme of the rising concern in food importance. The film “Burger Binge” and its creator mainly use visual images to appeal to the pathos of the audience. Through constant images of overweight individuals paired with grease-drenched fast food, the film conveys a certain sense of guilt within the audience for the obesity rate that many countries view that plagues are country.
Identifying and defining themselves according to their perceived "fatness", eating disordered people tend to conclude that they are unacceptable and undesirable, and as a result, feel quite insecure and inadequate, especially about their bodies. For them, controlling their eating behaviors is the logical pathway in their quest for thinness. The current article is designed to provide you with more information about the nature of eating disorders, their causes, potential treatments, and strategies for prevention. This information can be helpful in
This paper will explain binge eating behavior through the psychoanalytic perspective of Sigmund Freud and the humanistic perspective of Ryan and Deci. And then each perspective will be critically evaluated in its capability to explain binge eating behavior in people. Binge eating behaviour in people is characterised by compulsive overeating, in which a person ingests a large amount of food during a discrete period of time, while experiencing a lack of control and feeling powerless to stop eating (Mayo Clinic, 2012). People who binge eat, often eat in the absence of hunger and continue eating long after they are full. People who binge often gorge in isolation.