Women And Eating Disorders: Article Analysis

Yost, Megan R., and Laura A. Smith. "When Does It Cross the Line? College Women's Perceptions of The Threshold Between Normal Eating and Eating Disorders." Journal of College Student Development, Vol 53. No 1, 2012, Pg:163-168. ERIC. . https://scholar.dickinson.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.bing.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1666&context=faculty_publications 15 Mar. 2018.

Yost and smith wrote this article about is about eating disorders present on college campuses. It makes sense that friends at college would notice a change in a friend’s eating disorder before someone’s parents. The purpose of this study is to measure the accuracy of how college women are with their judgement about the at point at which a woman has a eating disorder.

In the study, there were two groups of women, 10 each. The first group had the anorexics, and the second group had the normal women. This experiment was to study how the women would react to a picture of other people’s bodies and their own body. It is said in this article, when it came to looking at her own body, brain activity of the anorexic seemed to decrease. This causes for the women to see themselves as an overweight individual. It is almost as if the brain is playing a mind trick on the anorexic victim. This article is dated 2006 so its not a current study but this study is still relevant for people with eating disorders. This article goes in depth of the study with the anorexic patients. It also covers what I need for my topic. this is a decent article that demonstrates the principal factors that cause anorexia. Explaining how an anorexic’s brain works and how these young girls develop this dangerous

The most common age for the males to suffer from the disease is in their adolescent years. The article also supplies the viewer with the males at risk that have eating disorders. Males that play sports, males that are struggling with their sexual identities and even chaotic home environments might cause eating disorders. There are also sections for these groups and what they can do to solve their problems. This article dates back to 2011 and is not current. But this article is perfect for my topic because it explains what causes the disorders and why, for each topic. It also demonstrates that males can also suffer from