Eating+disorders

Eating disorders // By Karoline // Eating disorders is a very big problem in our culture, and it is the young people who are especially exposed. Both girls and boys can have eating disorders, but about 90 % are girls. Eating disorders is a psychic suffering and it can be very difficult to get ride of, and most of them need professional help. In this exercise I’m going to write about anorexia and bulimia.


 * Anorexia **

They who have anorexia are very engaged to loose weight. This illness is actually to reduce the food we eat. It is most girls who have anorexia, only 5% are boys. Most of them who have anorexia keep the food in the stomach and some vomit it up. Anorexics can lose their control over the food and they can have a binge eating. They who have anorexia can train so much that they burns more calories then they can get, and the angst to be thick is huge. The sickness can often begins with that they hunger themselves, but then they go over to they can’t eat. This can condition to anorexics are having a big misrepresented self-image. It is models, dancers and sportswoman who are most exposed, and many of them can be very aggressively. Afterwards they are getting thinner, their thoughts about being fat are very big, but actually they are underweight.



The reason to anorexia is not quite sure, but it can be that in some people life’s they were ill-threatened, got children and lose it or they had to take abortion. Got divorced or experienced a death in near circle. Other reason can be, to be thinner is a pressure, or anorexics look up to the models and other celebrity because they are very thin and pretty. They who have anorexia won’t agree to that they are sick, and many of the anorexia can go over to have bulimia and anorexia at the same time.

Bulimia is an eating disorder there they eat too much and then throw it up again. They think they have cleaned their body after they have vomit. They who have bulimia can eat for several hours or they can just eat for some few minutes. After they have been eating, they throw it up, either because of natural reason or they use their fingers to help them to vomit. They can have several eating kick at one day and they can have days without eating kick, and they look like they have a normal weight. But that’s because of the eating technical. The foods they are eating are often fat and sweet, which they are eating on a hiding place, so nobody can find out what they are doing.
 * Bulimia **



The reason to bulimia can be that some people don’t feel comfortable to the daily routine. They can have bad conditions, or very low self-confidence. But this is different from person to person. The problems go away when they are eating. Then it is just the food they are thinking of, and they are forgotten their problems. Bulimics are also not agreeing to that they are sick, just like they who have anorexia.


 * Harmful effects **

For them who have anorexia or bulimia, are the some harmful affects that go beyond the mental, physical and social areas: - ** Physical ** : Undernourishment, deficiency diseases, worn teeth, hormonal disturbance and undermined digestion. - ** Psychic ** : Sense of shame, depressions, concentration problems, anxiety and missing of happiness. - ** Social ** : Problems to be attentive to the education or working-commitment. Periodical isolation from friends and family and problems with close conditions. Eating disorders is a comprehensive subject and it frames many people. It is very important that young people can get help and information about it, and build up a good network around those who have this illness. It is many young people who have thin role model, or a family member, or friends who are on diet or are very engaged to loose weight. This is a negative influence to the young, and it can cause eating disorders. Then it is important to strengthen children and young people's self-image so they can learn to accept themselves and their bodies. Sources: [|http://home.online.no/~kneshei/anoreksi.htm] http://www.nettdoktor.no/sykdommer/fakta/bulimi.php http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulimi http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anorexia_nervosa