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Causes and Effects of Incest

marriage of close relatives is to prevent inbreeding, or consanguinity. The reasoning behind such prohibitions revolve around the...

Anorexia Nervosa and Its Possible Basis in Biology

and anxiety has long been considered indicative of triggering behavior inherent to the eating disorder. An impulsive personality ...

Middle Aged Women and Eating Disorders

their bodies. However, the study also reveals that this concern with appearance does not diminish with age, which is not the resu...

Eating Disorders and Differing Perspectives

bulimia it is helpful to first examine the so-called facts. According to these "facts" eating disorders affect females more frequ...

Problems Associated with Eating Disorders

One set of arguments, those that argue that unusual eating behaviors such as anorexia and bulimia are not in actuality eating diso...

Bulimia and Anorexia

related to weight and body shape for females than it is for males" (p. 291). With anorexia or bulimia a girl, or young woman "begi...

Treatment Options for Eating Disorders

In ten pages the components of bulimia, anorexia, and obesity eating disorders are examined in terms of treatment alternatives. T...

Eating Disorders and Their Effects

In five pages this paper discusses eating disorders long and short term effects if not sufficiently treated. Four sources are cit...

The Best Little Girl in the World by Steven Levenkron

In two pages this paper examines this text that portrays an eating disorder suffered by a young girl. There are no other sources ...

A.D.D. and Binge Eating

In eight pages a technical paper comparing Attention Deficit Disorder and binge eating is presented. Approximately twenty sources...

Eating Disorders and Teachers' Instructional Role

In eleven pages this paper discusses how to effectively educate students with eating disorders. Eight sources are cited in the bi...

Media's Role in Teenage Girls with Eating Disorders

A girl or young woman begins to systematically starve herself and sometimes exercise compulsively as well. Her weight falls and he...

A Research Proposal Comparing Eating Disorders Among Homosexual and Heterosexual Men

In a research proposal that consists of twenty pages the question of whether or not homosexual men are more susceptible to such ea...

College Women and Eating Disorders

much a part of college life as fraternity parties and football games. College-age women, in particular, are significantly more su...

Anorexia Nervosa Case Study Analysis

Many are familiar with this eating disorder that has become quite prevalent. Information is relayed about the problem in this thir...

Eating Disorders and the Patriarchy

In five pages this paper examines eating disorder increases and the role of the social patriarchy, particularly the mass media. T...

The Physical and Mental Disease Known as Anorexia

In five pages the attributes of anorexia both physical and mental are discussed and include cause and treatment descriptions and a...

Depression and Eating Disorders

In ten pages this paper presents the argument that a relationship does exist between eating disorders and depression but that its ...

Causes, Treatments, and Consequences of Bulimia and Anorexia

In a paper consisting of seven pages gender and age groups are considered in an analysis of causes, treatments, and consequences o...

Medication Adherence to Vitamin D and Calcium Supplements Quantitative Study

In fifteen pages this quantitative study overview considers vitamin D and calcium supplement adherence in young women with anorexi...

Males vs. Females and Anorexia Nervosa

In a paper consisting of five pages males and females are compared in terms of the implications and manifestations of anorexia ner...

Perfectionism and the Anxiety Component

In nine pages this paper argues that the individual desire for perfectionism leads to anxiety and manifests itself in eating disor...

Eating Disorders and Gender

In eleven pages this paper discusses bulimia and anorexia nervosa eating disorders in terms of the gender gaps that exists between...

Media and Body Image

the self-perception and health care of young girls. Hogan notes, with some validity, that media education is important: if the med...

Male v. Female Victims of Eating Disorders

"1 teenage girl in 8, and 4% of teenage boys had serious symptoms of anorexia nervosa...

Susan Bordo and Feminine Malaise

it would be quite difficult to effectively heal the afflicted. The goals of treatment are of course to help the client to reduce ...

Article on the Risks Associated with Eating Disorders and the Effects of Family Environment and Gender Roles

suffering from them lack the capacity to understand the grave nature of the effects, but most theorists agree that anorexia nervos...

Sexuality and Gender Dichotomy Deconstruction

the homosexual and heterosexual dichotomy gained acceptance as both sexuality and personal identity became central to our culture"...

Analyzing the Eating Disorder Inventory Test

areas: Drive for Thinness, Bulimia, Body Dissatisfaction, Ineffectiveness, Perfectionism, Interpersonal Distrust, Interoceptive A...

Causes of Eating Disorders

still believe that they are not adequate (ANRED, 2003). Interpersonal Factors: Personal relationships with family and others ca...