As we learned in Blog Post 1, Orthorexia is a fairly new phenomenon that was officially named in the 1990s. Many believe that Orthorexia as we know it today stems from the wellness culture that has existed in the United States since the early sixties. Wellness culture went mainstream in around the eighties, with the… Continue reading Orthorexia and Gender
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History of Orthorexia Disorder
Orthorexia is a term first coined in the early 1990’s by Steve Bratman, MD to describe unhealthy and obsessive eating habits in which one only eats foods that are clean, healthy, pure organic, etc to maximize their health. The word Orthorexia in itself translates from Greek with Orthos meaning “Correct” and Orexia meaning “Appetite”. Orthorexia… Continue reading History of Orthorexia Disorder
Binge Eating Disorder: Gender Differences
As we learned in my last post, binge eating disorder (BED) is the most common eating disorder in the United States, affecting all age groups and genders. BED is usually seen in teens and early adults, and is experienced by up to 3.5% of women and 2% of men. In women, BED usually comes-on in… Continue reading Binge Eating Disorder: Gender Differences
Bulimia nervosa: Gender and Stigma
Without taking gender into account, people with eating disorders experience extensive stigma (O’Connor et al., 2019), from a discredited social identity to internalized issues with self esteem. Specifically with Bulimia, stigma can stem from the compensatory behaviors that follow periods of binge-eating. When examining gender and Bulimia, stigma only grows as eating disorders are often… Continue reading Bulimia nervosa: Gender and Stigma
Anorexia nervosa: Gender inequalities in reaction and treatment of Anorexia
“The National Eating Disorders Association cites that 20 million women and 10 million men will have an eating disorder during their lifetime. Males make up 25% of people with anorexia” (Spanjers, 2021). Specifically this post will be talking about Anorexia Nervosa, which is a severe and sometimes deadly disease. “The risk of death due to… Continue reading Anorexia nervosa: Gender inequalities in reaction and treatment of Anorexia
History of Anorexia nervosa
The notion of eating disorders has been a prevalent issue globally and culturally spanning across all genders. It is characterized by “persistent disturbance of eating or eating-related behavior that results in the altered consumption or absorption of food and that significantly impairs health or psychosocial functioning” (Dell’Osso et al., 2016). One such example is anorexia… Continue reading History of Anorexia nervosa
Eating Disorders and Gender: Introduction
Our group will compose a series of blog posts discussing eating disorders and how different genders experience them. We will focus on Anorexia nervosa (Baylee), Bulimia nervosa (Elena), Orthorexia (Ciara) and Binge eating (Anna). To make the topics more manageable, we’ll focus on experiences within the United States. The following blog posts will aid you… Continue reading Eating Disorders and Gender: Introduction
History of Bulimia nervosa
As opposed to Anorexia nervosa, Bulimia nervosa is a relatively new eating disorder in diagnostic history. In 1979, British psychiatrist Dr. Gerald Russell found several of his patients to be suffering from a different type of eating disorder than the typical version of Anorexia. He thought it was a “chronic phase of anorexia nervosa” (Castillo… Continue reading History of Bulimia nervosa
History of Binge Eating Disorder
Binge eating disorder, or BED, was only just recently recognized by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in its fifth edition (DSM-V), which was published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in May of 2013. In the DSM-IV, published in 1994, BED was included in Appendix B under the diagnosis of “Eating Disorder… Continue reading History of Binge Eating Disorder