Word: anorexia
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...truth was almost beyond our comprehension. Aaron was suffering from anorexia nervosa...
...disease that has gradually been acknowledged in American society. After almost two decades of books and magazine articles and TV talk shows, people are aware now that eating disorders exist. They vary from cyclical pattern of binging and purging (bulimia), to the rapid loss of body weight (anorexia), to eating when depressed or to relieve stress (compulsive eating...
...eating disorders in women were only picked up on in the mainstream media in the last 20 year. Historically, the first well-documented case of anorexia nervosawas a 16-year-old male in 1694, Reports were published in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries describing self-starvation in adolescent males...
Jane (real name withheld) is a LWF who goes on at great length about "the beauty myth." Of course she's probably never read the book of that title. Nevertheless, she complains about how society's standards of beauty drive women to anorexia and bulimia, and how they objectify women...
...class will not solve the problem. Perhaps Mr. Cucci is unaware of just how many college students, mostly women, spend time worrying about their weight. According to a recent study, as many as 30 percent of women in college and graduate school show symptoms of an eating disorder like anorexia nervosa or bulimia. Many of these women would fall into the category of those whom the author feels could use "some toning or trimming...