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…Dancing On My Grave Dancing On My Grave is the story of one woman’s struggle to defeat the demons within her and the power of the human spirit. To triumph over her demons, Gelsey must overcome her drug addiction, her insecurities and her anorexia…

…Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self, an autobiography by Lori Gottlieb, tells the story of an average eleven-year-old girl trying to slowly overcome her problem with anorexia. When Lori Gottlieb was growing up in California in the seventies, looks…

…Anorexia Nervosa In January of 1999, a ten year old girl named Kelsey asked her parents if she could go to a weight loss camp in the summer. Kelsey wasn’t very over weight, but her parents decided if that would make her feel better about herself…

…Eating Disorders Eating disorders are devastating and harmful behavioral patterns that occur with in people for numerous reasons. The three types of eating disorders I will be discussing include the three most common of the disorders: anorexia…

…year (Eating Disorders 1). The most common eating disorders are Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Compulsive Overeating. These disorders are serious, and, when taken to extremes, can be life threatening as well. All eating disorders arise from…

…are anorexia and bulimia. Individuals with anorexia are unwilling or unable to maintain a body weight that is normal or expectable for their age and height. They typically display a pronounced fear of weight gain and dread becoming fat although they are dramatically…

…Bulimia and Anorexia, which are found almost solely in females, are rigorous and occasionally overbearing dilemmas to handle in any mental health treatment environment. “As many as five out of 100 females with Anorexia die from acute medical problems…

…anorexia nervosa, a dangerous condition in which they can literally starve themselves to death. Another two to three percent develop bulimia nervosa, a destructive pattern of excessive overeating followed by vomiting or other " purging " behaviors to control…

…Eating Disorders: Anorexia Each year millions of people in the United States are affected by serious and sometimes life-threatening eating disorders. The vast majority are adolescents and young adult women. Approximately one percent…

…. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia are unexplainable and illogical conditions that affects the mind. People become so caught up in their looks that they do not even see the harm they are doing to their bodies. Although these behaviours seems irrational, to people who…