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Teen Age Eating Disorders in United States

Introduction

An eating disorder can be understood in terms of mental illness that results in much disturbance to one's everyday life. The eating disorder can demonstrate itself in two extreme forms i.e. eating extremely low amount of food or regular overeating. A person having either kind eating disorder may begin with just consuming larger to smaller amount of food, but with the passage of time, his or her desire to consume more or less becomes uncontrollable. There are numerous reasons that cause eating disorder in a person with most common amongst them are serious grief or concern about one's increasing weight or deteriorating body shape (Cassell & David, 2000, Pp. 70).

According to research studies, eating disorder is a common observance in people in their teen age. Although female teenagers appear to be more likely to have eating disorder, teenage boys are not immune as well. According to health experts, millions of US teens are increasingly becoming the victims of eating disorder. This paper aims at discussing the various aspects of eating disorders in relation to the prevalence of this disorder amongst the US boys and girls in their teen age. The paper also discusses the major types of the eating disorder and the suggested remedial measures that can be employed by physicians in order to effectively treat such patients.

Thesis Statement

This paper aims at different aspects of eating disorders in US citizens, while exploring the types of disorder and the remedial measures to control its negative impact.

Discussion

Kinds of Eating Disorder

According to the researches there are three broad catagories of eating disorders.

- Anorexia: In which you lose weight, but do not eat enough because you think that you are overweight. 

- Bulimia, where periods of binge eating followed by periods of cleansing the body and refusal of food, sometimes with the help of artificially induced vomiting or laxatives - Gluttony, when nutrition was completely out of control 

Anorexia

People with anorexia possess a skewed sense of body image which forces them of the opinion that they are overweight even on the contrary when they're malnourished to the point of being fatal. They very commonly refuse to eat while at the same time, exercise compulsively, and develop odd routines of food consumption for instance not eating in front of their peers or people; they lose a lot of weight and might also die of starvation. When looking at a research it was concluded that many people with anorexia are 10 times more susceptible to death because of diseases as compared to those individuals who are without this problem. One of the most frequent cause which leads to their demise, is the cardiac arrest, and an imbalance of electrolytes and fluids in the body. There is also a serious risk of suicide. In a fairly large number of people with anorexia are also present mental and psychological diseases such as depression, obsessive behavior, substance abuse, anxiety, neurological and cardiovascular disorders as well as physical impairment.

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