Eating Disorders

Eating disorders are the new major trigger in this generation. Not only are the stars having them, but millions of people are wanting to change their body image. According to Dr. Amanda Roberts there are 3 million who don't look like super models and 8 who do. I have personal experience with these kinds of disorders. I was lucky I didn't pro-long it because if I did I would have died. There are three- kinds of eating disorders: anorexia, bulimia, and eating-disorders not yet specified. Anorexia is when one is not happy with their image and even when they are thin, they still feel fat. They will obsess over the intake of calories and over-excercising. Bulimia is when one is not happy with their body image so they will throw up the food they eat. Other eating disorders, may include obsessive yo-yo diets, fad diets, or people who will do anything to look as thin as they want without caring about the side-effects.

Dieting has become the new phase in America, where food has become so abundant. I believe this is one of the major reasons eating disorders are becoming so popular. During pathological times food was not abundant so people were not able to want more than they had, they were able to appreciate just the amount they had. Today food has become abundant, so people never have enough. For example, McDonald, the burger went from 210 calories to 608 calories. Also the large serving of fries in the pathological times has become the small today. Today people manipulate their foods and don't consider their food as whole. For example, people today manipulate their food, so it is used as rewards, or excuses to eat. Food is catogorized by the amount of nutrients now a days rather than being considered as a whole food. I believe this is the major reason why people in America have eating disorders.