starving for perfection
In today's society, where physical characteristics are used to measure beauty and success, people are willing to push their bodies to extremes to achieve physical perfection. As an overweight woman, I may be considered a failure of society's beauty test. However, my high self-esteem and acceptance of my body allows me to not be disturbed by what, to some, may seem as a sign of failure. Unfortunately, there are people whose desire to be accepted by society causes them to develop eating disorders. The two most common are called anorexia and bulimia (WebMD.Com Eating 1). The Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders, association (ANRED), states "Anorexia and bulimia affect primarily people in their teens and twenties, but clinicians report both disorders in children as young as six and individuals as old as seventy-six" (ANRED Statistics 1). Anorexia and bulimia are both serious eating disorders with differences and similarities in their symptoms, diagnosis, causes, treatments and prognosis.Although anorexia and bulimia share many of the same symptoms, they also have many differences. "About half of people with anorexia also have symptoms of bulimia" (MayoClinic.Com 2). According to the American
The long-term mortality rate is estimated at about 10%. of the 5 million Americans who suffer from eating disorders, approximately 10 percent--or 500,000--are men" (Rush 1). Men, on the other hand, are exhorted to be strong and powerful, to build their bodies and make them large so they can compete successfully, amass power and wealth, and defend and protect their skinny female companions. Similarities and differences also may appear in the prognosis of anorexia and bulimia. Early detection and treatment can effectively manage the disorder and help bulimics look forward to a normal life ("Bulimia Nervosa" 3).
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