and Anorexia Nervosa
Darya FarafonovaSchelkanova
18, 2012
and Anorexia Nervosa, human s life is very busy. Because of this fact, people incline to ignore many things that happened around them. This is how anorexia and bulimia comes into human s lives. Eating disorders can be implicit for some time because patients do not notice its symptoms. Anorexia and Bulimia are two serious deceases that people all over the world must know about.knows a lot of diseases that have the same symptoms, as Bulimia and Anorexia do. This fact makes diagnosing medical issues very complicated. According to American Psychiatric Association Work Group (2000), "Some deceases can t be seen for some time but the body is reacting and giving signs but the minds pushes them away. Other times, there are symptoms that are so noticeable that medical help is given immediately ". Sometimes, eating disorders don t seem a problem at first sight. But it leads to bad consequences. The difference between symptoms of Bulimia and Anorexia can sometimes be confusing, especially when decease just begins. The term "anorexia" refers to intentional rejection of getting the food due to gaining the excess weight and the "bulimia" means craving of food (Fariburn and Harrison 2003). Sometimes the diseases may be called as Bulimia Nervosa and Anorexia Nervosa. The term "nervosa" means the psychological thought process of eating the food (Wikipedia 2012). Fundamental difference between Bulimia and Anorexia is that the Bulimic eats a big amount of food, usually with a very high amount of caloric, after that bulimic purge the stomach from the food they have eaten. Anorexic don t eat a big portion because of the fear of gaining weight. Moreover, Anorexic usually loses weight to the point that physical problem is obvious.is necessary to make a list of factors that help such deceases as Bulimia and Anorexia to obsess the body and brain. Canadian health survey reported that the most interesting risk factor concerning eating disorder is being a female. Statistics shows that 90% of people who have eating disorder are females. The next important factor is age. Studies show that eating disorders are most likely during early adulthood and adolescence (Wilfley DE, 1997). According to Nicholls D. and Viner R (2005), "Anorexia and Bulimia usually first occurs in adolescence with peaks at 13 to 14 years of age and at 17 to 18 years of age. Over the past 40 years, the incidence has been steady in teenagers, but it has increased threefold in young adult women "., The media plays significant role in creating a perfect slim body image. Tee...
