Disasterous Eating Disorders Essay -- Health Diet Essays

Disasterous Eating Disorders   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   Americans obsessions with their bodies has become a hot topic lately. From personal observation and research, I have seen the obsession become more severe. Web sites dealing with eating disorders are some of the most commonly visited web sites. We have a problem. The obsessions are becoming too serious, even fatal. Americans today have become slaves to the diet and fitness industries, resulting in an increased number of eating disorder cases over the past few years. If Americans are not educated about the complicated causes and effects of eating disorders then the plague of the 90’s, eating disorders, is going to continue to kill. The following paragraphs are a start to the education. They deal with some of the causes but more important some solutions to eating disorders.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, "obsessions are recurring or persistent thoughts, images, or impulses that, rather than being voluntarily produced, seem to invade a person's consciousness despite his attempts to ignore, suppress, or control them (Britannica 1). American's today deal with these thoughts about food, body image, imperfections, goals, flaws and how to deal with these. The thoughts are obsessive but they are real and at times, very intense. Sometimes the only way to cope with them, is to take drastic measures in ones behavior.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   Obviously the rise in eating disorders and other obsessive illnesses have been addressed but why they develop and solutions to stopping them are still a hushed topic. Educating society about the causes and serious effects of Americas fatal obsessions is the purpose of this article and hopefully by reading it one will be more aware. Increasing the kn... ...sm, Vol. 3 Article 95 (c) 1996 SIRS, Inc. Cotton, Richard American Council on Exercise, Aerobic Instructor Manual pg 140 (c) 1993 Eckersleg, Richard "The Wests Deepening Cultural Crisis," Futurist Nov./Dec. Ethics, Vol. 4 Article 56 (c) 1993 SIRS, Inc. Encyclopedia Britannica "Obsessive Compulsive Disorder," (c) 1996 Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. Goldman, Nechama "Fatal Obsession," March 19, 1993 Jersulam Post SIRS 1993 Medical Science Article 64 (c) 1996 SIRS, Inc. Jenish, D'Arcy with Sharon Doyle Driedger "A Tragic Obsession," Maclean's Oct. 9,1989 SIRS 1989 Food, Vol. 4 Article 55 (c) 1989 SIRS, Inc. Psynet Enterprises "Eating Disorders - The Facts," Psych Net Mental Health (c)1996 Seligimann, Jean "The Pressure to Lose," Newsweek May 2, 1994 SIRS 1994 Health, Electronic Only, Article 126 (c) 1996 SIRS, Inc. Shape Magazine, "Crazy Diet Goals," (c) 1995