Social Factors and Individual behaviour in Anorexia Nervosa
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Social Factors and Individual behaviour in Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia Nervosa is one of many forms of eating disorders that are present in today’s society. More significantly, it is more than just the need to be ‘thin’. Anorexia is a condition that goes well beyond the simple need to diet. Social factors such as the influence from the media through the television, movies, catwalks and magazines, and the Individual behaviours from self obsession and genetics have a relative importance contributing to the major health concern of Anorexia Nervosa.
‘Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder usually occurring in adolescent females, characterised by refusal to maintain a normal minimal body weight, fear of gaining weight or becoming obese, [and the] disturbance of body image’. (thefreedictionary.com)
In today’s society as we live each day we come across many pressures to be the best, and look the best. There are many social factors contributing to these demands, including the pressure to be thin. Through research this paper explains how numerous experts such as Haikerwal, Rees, Peebles and Insel consider individuals who believe that thinness is especially desirable, or may even require the need to be ‘thin’ for professional reasons such as models, athletes and actors, to be at risk of eating disorders such as Anorexia Nervosa. Unfortunately in today’s society minds are shaped by what is happening on the social scene around us, both in the media, on the television, in the fashion scene and down at the local shopping centre. With a high number of ‘celebrities’ leaving the impression of the need to be thin in order to get the next big role, it is believed young minds are being shaped to believe that the way to succeed is to be ‘thin’ (Stoppler 2007).
“Body image and self esteem among teenagers and young women in particular are heavily influenced by models in magazines and on TV†(Haikerwal 2007).
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