Stop Eating
Disorders
Hello, this is
IGL and our new project is eating disorders. Eating disorders are when someone abstains
from food to make their body thinner. Sometimes people purge and skip meals. Most
of the time people with eating disorders are young adults or teenagers.
Eating
disorders could affect a lot of people. Sometimes when someone is bullied, they
are called fat and overweight. Because of that, the person purges themselves to
look better. Or it could be because someone is just a “queen bee” and keeps
their eating disorder as something to look better in their revealing clothing.
Or maybe it’s because their friends are all skinny and inspire that person to contain
an eating disorder. Either way, it’s not a good thing.
Another BIG
reason why most people have eating disorders is because of the media. Yes, the
media. The media nowadays include super skinny models, movie stars, ettica. In
other words size 1 ½ dresses and outfits. Still, there are some healthy and
normal-weighted people in TV shows and celebrities that go against bulimia, but
most people are still super thin. Our member, Kristine, one day was watching TV
shows on her computer. Then, when she came across a clip from the Disney
Channel TV show “So Random” (the individual show, not the one in Sonny with a
Chance) she was super shocked of what she saw. It was the episode when the male
model came to his girlfriend’s house. They were talking about how the male
model ate only one full meal a week, which is bad. And the model said that his
agent told him that if he wanted to get the jobs (being famous) he couldn't eat
ANY carbs. This is so outraging! Now they were supporting eating disorders on
children’s shows!
Even if you
skip breakfast so you could look like Ali Lohan, that’s still considered an
eating disorder. If you have a minor eating disorder, consider visiting a
therapist to get over it. But if it is a hardcore, serious eating disorder
(like going without food for weeks or purging) go to a treatment facility if
you can't overcome it when you try.
NEDA is an organization that helps young girls going through eating disorders. NEDA is a non profit organization that reaches out to people with their self-esteem issues. To help, you can plan a NEDA walk to raise money and spread awareness to eating disorders. If you don't want to plan a walk, then just donate! NEDA has a program in which you can donate a car so they can auction it off. Besides, they will take care of all expenses for sending the car over.
NEDA is an organization that helps young girls going through eating disorders. NEDA is a non profit organization that reaches out to people with their self-esteem issues. To help, you can plan a NEDA walk to raise money and spread awareness to eating disorders. If you don't want to plan a walk, then just donate! NEDA has a program in which you can donate a car so they can auction it off. Besides, they will take care of all expenses for sending the car over.
No matter what
happened in the past, accept who you are. How you look like on the outside doesn't really matter to how you are in the inside. There are ways to
discourage eating disorders .You could:
1.
If you have an eating
disorder yourself, stop it. Don't let how your image looks like affect you. If it’s
a minor case, try seeing a therapist or a doctor. If it’s serious, consider
going to a treatment facility
2.
If you know someone who
has an eating disorder, tell them to get some help.
3.
Spread the word. Write a
letter to the newspaper, tell someone about it, or just encourage people to
stop eating disorders.
4.
If you or someone you know
with an eating disorder is afraid of getting overweight or obese, skipping
meals is not the answer. Food has healthy nutrition that helps you, not goes
against you. However, if you don't want to get too overweight, avoid fatty food
like hamburgers, French fries, hot dogs, or fried chicken.
5. Support NEDA and maybe donate to the organization.
( http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org )
5. Support NEDA and maybe donate to the organization.
( http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org )
So you see, eating disorders
affect so many people in the world every day. Help stop eating disorders and
make the world a healthier place.
-Idea+Gift=Love
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