Frequently Asked Questions About Eating Disorders Summary

The two sources “Frequently Asked Questions About Eating Disorders” and “Eating disorders on the rise” complement each other because they offer two different sides of the issue. The first briefly skims the surface about eating disorders in a very informative way. The second dives deeper into the issue of eating disorders becoming more prevalent. These two bounce off each other because they offer information on the issue as a whole, as well as information and reasoning on the rising issue. On the other hand, the two sources “New insights on eating disorders” and “Environmental and genetic risk factors for eating disorders: What the clinician needs to know” challenge each other. The first addresses the view that eating disorders are driven strictly

It briefly summarizes the main points of eating disorders. It first defines what an eating disorder is. They address these as psychiatric disorders associated with the intake of food. It also mentions that eating disorders affect 2-3 percent of women in their lifetime. It talks about the difference in Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Binge eating disorder being that anorexia is self-starvation, bulimia is a cycle of dieting, binge eating, then compensating by vomiting or laxative overuse, and binge eating disorder being the same as bulimia but without the compensatory behaviors. The article also talks about the treatments for these three eating disorders. These being general monitoring, therapy to learn how to break these eating habits, and antidepressants. Next it talks about the biological basis for eating disorders. These being, genetics and “abnormalities in the brain’s serotonergic and dopaminergic systems.” This article is very heavy on ethos being written from such a notable medical institution. This makes it very credible and noteworthy. It also provides a lot of logos because it shows statistics and actual evidence of eating disorders since That can be trusted coming from such a credible

This article does a nice job of addressing parental roles of eating disorders. This mentions verbal abuse to children and how this will cause them to be more vulnerable to illnesses like eating disorders. This article also addresses children wanting to please their parents and obsessing over their weight and the way they look to appease their parents. Also, research has found that daughters imitate their mothers and if their mother is obsessive with dieting and the way she eats, her daughter will be as well. Mothers as well will affect their daughters with the way that they nurture them and raise them. The article suggests that a feeling of love and nurture in a mother-daughter relationship will affect a daughters likely hood of obtaining an eating disorder. Also, the overall living conditions of a child will influence their future decisions therefor influencing the likelihood of said child obtaining an eating disorder. This article is very heavy in pathos because the relationship with parent and child in the sense of an eating disorder is a very sensitive and emotional