Anorexia

An Investigative Look into Anorexia/ Bulimia:

Dying to be thin!

Social Psychology

9 May 2012

I. Thesis Statement

II. Introduction

III. Anorexia/Bulimia Overview

A. Definition of Anorexia

B. Definition of Bulimia

IV. Signs/Symptoms

C. Mentally Ill

D. Non-Institutionalized

V. Victims of the N.C. Eugenics Movement

E. Men and Women who were sterilized

F. Families of Sterilized Victims

VI. Legality of Eugenics Movement

G. N.C. Offical Law

H. Number of Victims

VII. Conclusion/ Summarize Main Ideas

Thesis Statement

Due to social and personal pressures, teenagers often develop Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa, characterized by the need to lose weight, thus causing many health problems, often leading to death, which the victims often can't control. Some may consider anorexia and bulimia to be a normal living lifestyle but it definitely is not. Although eating disorders affect both genders, it is estimated that anorexia/bulimia nervosa affects 1 out of 6 adolescent girls. These young women are exposed to images promoting eating disorders by the mainstream media, as well as alternative media. As we see they only show thin women and the model industry portrays a message to loose weight or stay fit. Being that this is all young people do in today’s society, this is all they have to go from when considering an ideal image.

Introduction

Anorexia Nervosa is a psychiatric illness that is most often seen in teenage girls and young women. The pervasiveness of anorexic females ages 15-19 was about 0.5% as of 1998. In women ages twenty to twenty-four, the figure was about 0.25%, but the disorder is still a medical concern in this age group. The disease has been found to last more than 4 years on average, but a few stay permanently sick. However, the death rate is high for mental sicknesses. Treatment of eating disorders is challenging,...