Olivia Majors
English 1201
Professor Kretzer
8 September 2019
Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are prevalent everywhere in our society. Everyone has seen the effects
it has on people from the outside either on television, social media, or even in person. I want to
be able to find out what else is going on inside of a person's head that has an eating disorder.
Eating disorders are dangerous and sad they can be taken to far, in which medical attention is
needed. There are so many factors on why both girls and boys develop eating disorders. I want
to be able to find out more information on this looking into the studies and research found on the
I’ve watched videos were girls are super skinny in unhealthy ways and I just wonder
why, and how you could ever let you self get like that. I find that lots of girls these days have
problems with eating disorders. I see people that don’t show full symptoms but are showing
signs of eating disorders that aren’t a big deal, but can turn into something worse. I can also
admit to not wanting to eat for a few hours even if my body says I'm hungry. Just because in my
mind all I can think about it being skinny. People have told me “just eat, you need to eat”, but
sometimes it's not always that easy. It just makes me feel better not to eat very much some
days then others I eat a lot. I feel like this starts when girls compare their bodies to others and it
makes your self confidence go down. Affecting your mental health which could lead to eating
disorders. I’m sure there are also many other factors that lead to eating disorders, but just
My feelings toward this subject are very strong, I find it hard that people have to
go through eating disorders and have people judge them for what they look like. When in reality
they think everything is fine with themselves and people saying mean things doesn’t help. As
well as enough people not being educated on the subject that is becoming more and more
popular within our society. I think that a lot of people don’t understand where people with eating
disorders are coming from, and no one can because it's a battle that you are fighting with
yourself. It’s an individual's own mental health problems. I believe that there are too many cases
out there that need help, and to change that they need to be reached out to, so it can help them
find a way to reach out to others for help. What I already know about this topic is how hard it can
be to realize you have one, because mentaly and physically you think you look fine. But on an
outside view its very obvious to others what is going on and all they want to do is help. I also
know there are different types of eating disorders and they are all very different in there own
ways and not all of them are noticeable from the outside.
What I am hoping to learn from researching this topic is to find out the differences from
each eating disorder, as well as what classifies them. I want to be able to figure out their
characteristics and what is going through a person's head when they have a certain eating
disorder. A big question I have to research is, What are the signs and classifications to for sure
know if someone has an eating disorder? Looking for this question I will look into many different
studies and research articles on eating disorders. I’m hoping to find out how those affected by
eating disorders feel, and what resources are there to help them with their eating disorder.
Another big question I want to look into is, What kind of programs are there for certain eating
disorders, and what are there methods to helping those recover? I have lots of questions and
concerns that I want to find out more about. I’m going to learn new things that I didn’t know
before writing my research paper, because it’s a topic I'm very interested in learning more
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