Examining The Past: The History Of Eating Disorders

Background: Eating disorders are a misconstrued problem. Many think that eating disorders develop from social media or just bad eating habits. While that may be true, it is important to take into account that there are several other factors. A major factor in the cause of eating disorders is mental health. When a person has bad mental health This results in a person's brain sending signals to their body, causing distorted body image and unhealthy eating habits. Examining the Past: The History of Eating Disorders Looking into the past, eating disorders go back ages. In the novel Eating Disorders in America, David E Newton(2019) gives examples of eating disorders starting in the early ages in the chapter “Background and History”. For instance,

1). The adage of the adage. If the brain is telling a person to eat more, or eat less, and throw up the food one ate, it cannot be helped. The brain controls everything the body does, and having mental illnesses changes the brain. Causing the brain to send such signals to the body. The only way to help is to get mental health help, to find the cause of these thoughts and actions. The brain is the powerhouse of the body; if you have certain psychological problems, it may cause the brain to think of one's body differently. Eating disorders are not a choice, and mental health plays a big part in it. The brain is very complicated and can influence the actions of an individual. In a survey taken by Medical Professionals, they answered the question, “Do you think an eating disorder is a choice?”. 60% of those professionals said that it was not. One professional said, “No, I think that eating disorders are a mental health disorder, and need specialized

In the article “We don't talk about eating disorders among men, but they're on the rise” Sarah Gantz(2022), a researcher writing about a young man's eating disorder, states “.because when you have [body dysmorphia] your mind treats your body like clay.”(Gatz, S., 2022, para. 31. The aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid Mentally, a person's brain tells their body to stop eating. It sends signals to one’s body to mold it the way it wants. This is why a person with Bulimia or Anorexia gets to be an unhealthy weight. Their brain sends signals to their body to get them to stop eating, all so the body can look the way the brain wants it to look. It is a dangerous cycle, a person stops eating and loses weight, and then that person is fine for a while; then their brain kicks back in again and sends signals that the person does not look good enough, or that other people will judge them and they need to lose more