Essays on Eating Disorders

On a common Monday of December, with 31 years, Kate Chilver lost the fight against anorexia. The British girl died after suffering almost 20 years of the disease. Her case has been described by the doctors of the United Kingdom as the worst seen ever....

Athletes are not immune to mental illness. They suffer from a variety of psychiatric conditions. Ranging from depression and anxiety to eating disorders. Disordered eating in athletes is quite common, especially in female athletes. Many female athletes feel pressured into fitting into the stereotypical appearance...

To define an eating disorder, and according to the American Psychiatric Association, it is an “illnesses in which the people experience severe disturbances in their eating behaviors and related thoughts and emotions” (Parekh). We know commonly with eating disorders you have to be ‘thin’ to...

The social problems of eating disorders is embedded in different types of popular culture often. Eating disorders are displayed through movies, television shows, and other types of media which shapes our idea on them. The movie, When Friendship Kills shows an example of how eating...

Women athletes are likely to be monitored for eating disorders these days. Representatives of aesthetic sports are more likely to establish an eating disorder than different type of female athletes (Sungot-Borgen & Torstveit, 2004). ‘The prevalence of excessive training loads and the over emphasis on...

Many people are negatively affected by eating disorder. People can be affected in a number of ways. Some ways can be low self-esteem, trauma, family environment, genetics, social influences, and so much more. This could take control of the individual life. Classification of the severity...

Mental illnesses are difficult enough to manage in daily life, but traumatizing experiences can cause someone’s mental health to deteriorate. Women have always been more susceptible to certain mental illnesses and traumatizing experiences such as eating disorders and sexual abuse due to societal norms or...