Body Image and Eating Disorders By Marianne Woodward, Victoria Poynting and Samuel Hill

Eating Disorders Eating disorders are caused by the brain thinking that you are to big when your size is averaged for your age. There are many types of eating disorders including Anorexia and Bulimia. What causes eating disorders? Eating disorders may develop partly in response to difficult life experiences such as abuse or social pressures arising in puberty and in growing up. They are also more common in cultures where it is considered desirable to be slim. Genetic factors seem to be important, especially in anorexia. Sometimes people with an eating disorder are depressed, and they may have obsessions.

About Anorexia and Bulimia FACTS ABOUT ANOREXIA AND BULIMIA What are anorexia and bulimia? Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are the two main eating disorders. People with anorexia have extreme weight loss as a result of very strict dieting. Some people may also make themselves sick, abuse laxatives or do excessive exercise to try and lose weight. In spite of this extreme weight loss, people with anorexia believe they are fat and are terrified of becoming what is in fact a normal weight or shape. About four out of ten people with fully established anorexia make a full recovery, and others improve. Only about three in ten continue to have major long-term illness. Untreated, about 15 per cent of all sufferers will die from the disorder within 20 years of its onset.

Bulimia People with bulimia nervosa crave food and binge eat, though they are not emaciated. Afterwards they make themselves sick or misuse laxatives to get the food out of their bodies. Sufferers are very afraid of becoming fat. People with bulimia nervosa crave food and binge eat, though they are not emaciated. Afterwards they make themselves sick or misuse laxatives to get the food out of their bodies. Sufferers are very afraid of becoming fat. If this girl thought she was going to put on weight she would throw up. She wants to be thin. She wants to eat. If this girl thought she was going to put on weight she would throw up. She wants to be thin. She wants to eat. Women with bulimia binge and may then vomit. They feel they cannot control life. They are taken over by the urge to eat. They cannot stop themselves. So they make themselves sick. If they didn’t, they’d get fat and they couldn’t bear that. Women with bulimia binge and may then vomit. They feel they cannot control life. They are taken over by the urge to eat. They cannot stop themselves. So they make themselves sick. If they didn’t, they’d get fat and they couldn’t bear that. The girl with bulimia is in a no-win situation. She has two intense and conflicting desires. Vomiting is the only way she can either protect her low weight, if she has anorexia nervosa, or avoid becoming really fat if she has bulimia nervosa. The girl with bulimia is in a no-win situation. She has two intense and conflicting desires. Vomiting is the only way she can either protect her low weight, if she has anorexia nervosa, or avoid becoming really fat if she has bulimia nervosa.

Anorexia This girl thinks Marilyn Monroe is great. She hates Kate Moss. She thinks Kate Moss is thinner than she is. This girl thinks Marilyn Monroe is great. She hates Kate Moss. She thinks Kate Moss is thinner than she is. The girl with anorexia is convinced that she is fat even though she is not. She is so fixed in this belief that it seems like she is being stubborn, or stupid. In fact she has her back to the wall. The girl with anorexia is convinced that she is fat even though she is not. She is so fixed in this belief that it seems like she is being stubborn, or stupid. In fact she has her back to the wall. She has to be the thinnest person in the world. It’s the only way she can survive. She’s on a knife edge. Too fat and she has to face the world. Too thin and she dies. Being in the world is so awful she would rather die. She has to be the thinnest person in the world. It’s the only way she can survive. She’s on a knife edge. Too fat and she has to face the world. Too thin and she dies. Being in the world is so awful she would rather die.

Anorexia This girl would rather die than eat a cheese sandwich. It’s not that she isn’t hungry. She is starving. It’s that if she eats she will put on weight. If she puts on weight she will go totally out of control. She will grow and grow and grow. And everything that she is terrified of will happen. This girl would rather die than eat a cheese sandwich. It’s not that she isn’t hungry. She is starving. It’s that if she eats she will put on weight. If she puts on weight she will go totally out of control. She will grow and grow and grow. And everything that she is terrified of will happen. The girl with anorexia nervosa doesn’t have a problem with being fat. She has a problem with being woman-sized. Becoming a woman means growing up, leaving home, trying to have relationships but not rupturing family links. This is frightening for everyone. For her it is petrifying. Starving makes time stand still. The girl with anorexia nervosa doesn’t have a problem with being fat. She has a problem with being woman-sized. Becoming a woman means growing up, leaving home, trying to have relationships but not rupturing family links. This is frightening for everyone. For her it is petrifying. Starving makes time stand still.

You are what you eat If you are what you eat then this girl is nothing. She used to eat a bowl of cereal a day. Now she can manage half a carrot. When she starves herself she is somebody. Her behaviour fills those around her with fear and frustration. They cannot understand why she won’t eat. They say, ‘It’s easy, all you have to do is pick up a knife and fork’. She can’t get them to understand. It is hard to explain the fear she has. How can she tell them she would rather die than be a normal adult weight and shape? If you are what you eat then this girl is nothing. She used to eat a bowl of cereal a day. Now she can manage half a carrot. When she starves herself she is somebody. Her behaviour fills those around her with fear and frustration. They cannot understand why she won’t eat. They say, ‘It’s easy, all you have to do is pick up a knife and fork’. She can’t get them to understand. It is hard to explain the fear she has. How can she tell them she would rather die than be a normal adult weight and shape?

In the Mirror When she looks in the mirror this girl sees a fatty. She is blind to the hip bones and the ribs. She sees the slightly swollen belly. The bud of a breast. The curve of a thigh. And they disgust her. As she disgusts herself when she eats a cream cake. As they make her want to be sick. Or hide. Under huge jumpers, massive coats. Invisible and shrinking under layers of cloth. As she jogs on the spot she mutters her mantra: 'when I don't eat I am in control', 'when I am thin I am safe'. When she looks in the mirror this girl sees a fatty. She is blind to the hip bones and the ribs. She sees the slightly swollen belly. The bud of a breast. The curve of a thigh. And they disgust her. As she disgusts herself when she eats a cream cake. As they make her want to be sick. Or hide. Under huge jumpers, massive coats. Invisible and shrinking under layers of cloth. As she jogs on the spot she mutters her mantra: 'when I don't eat I am in control', 'when I am thin I am safe'.

How to recognise have a eating disorder A person taken food up to there bedroom, A person taken food up to there bedroom, Loose weight, Loose weight, Always tired, Always tired, Cold all the time, Cold all the time, Later in the stage fainting, (digestive system failing) Later in the stage fainting, (digestive system failing) Grow extra hair top try to keep warm, but lose hair on their head. Grow extra hair top try to keep warm, but lose hair on their head. Scars on the face because of lack protein Scars on the face because of lack protein

How to help Try and talk to them, Try and talk to them, Try and get them to the doctors, Try and get them to the doctors, Try and get them to talk to a therapist, Try and get them to talk to a therapist, If they refuse to go to the doctors get them to the hospital, if they still refuse you go to the hospital, then get a doctor to go there, and if necessary have an ambulance take them to hospital. If they refuse to go to the doctors get them to the hospital, if they still refuse you go to the hospital, then get a doctor to go there, and if necessary have an ambulance take them to hospital.

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If you know someone who has an eating disorder don’t sit back and watch, help. If you know someone who has an eating disorder don’t sit back and watch, help.