Eating Disorders
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Eating Disorders
The article posted on June 2005 and verified by Doctor Barbara P. Homeier, MD was created with the intention of educating the American population about the eating disorders anorexia and bulimia. It is mostly directed to parents for a tool to educate their children not to follow these trends and gives them advice for treating the if they have it already. Information about the symptoms of these diseases is included on the article. It says that the best way to prevent this is to sponsor healthier lives in our children mentally and physically. By helping our children’s self esteem we help them confront many challenges that life brings and help them solve them. By helping the physically they will have a clear example for which to lean on.
The authors say that around the age of 11 to 13 is the beginning of these diseases .I agree because it is very common for children of this age to be teased and made fun of because of their weight and the way they look. Also it is very common for them to look up to celebrities as a role model; which means that they try to adopt their traits as perfect as possible. Being the media the most powerful tool for manipulating people it is very easy to fall in an eating disorder like it or not.
The way of preventing these diseases is also included and is also a very powerful tool to help parents detect the problem before it begins and help prevent it. The prevention of these will bring much progress in the battle of stopping these problems from happening. Also the involvement of parents in their children’s lives will bring more stability in families and a healthier relationship.
We see these problems everywhere but it is more shocking when we know someone who has it. Because we can see first hand how they destroy themselves thinking they are becoming more attractive .By personal experience I know a girl who