Body Image and Eating Disorders: Country Comparison

Body Image and eating Disorders Country Comparison prudence of Personal LifestylesEating Disorders USA vs. capital of capital of SingaporeYeo Zi Li JodieEating disquiets argon psychological conditions defined by abnormal and unhealthy feeding habits involving stingy or excessive nourishment inlets that affect a persons physical and mental health. People wearing from take in disorders ar a lot preoccupied with their number and weight. The main types of eating disorders are Anorexia Nervosa and binge-eating syndrome Nervosa.Anorexia Nervosa is a psychological illness whereby patients dont lose interest in food but instead intentionally restrict their food intake because of the fear of world fat or turn overing weight. A person with anorexia disorder may be underweight, but still has intense fear of place on weight. They may purposely count calorie intakes for every repast to an excessive extent, over-exercising, use laxatives and former(a) methods to get leaner.On the o ther hand, Bulimia Nervosa is binge eating on food and losing control over food intakes. It involves eating large dos of food over a short amount of time. Feeling of guilt and shame will follow such binge, resulting in compensating actions such as self-inducing vomiting, over-exercising, not eating, and abusing diuretics, enemas or laxatives.Similar to many other psychological illnesses, Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa are complex, multi-layered disorders that arise from various psychological, mental and horny concerns that vary with individuals. There are many issues that bind been observed confidential information to eating disorders, but a much prominent reason is referable to the perfection remains anatomy confronted and promoted by media which contributes largely to eating disorders among youths.Eating disorders are so common in America, 1 or 2 out of every 100 students struggle with it (Eating Disorders). get in 1 S flatteen Cover Page Source NinaFigure 2 VS Love My Bod y Campaign Source Parrott Figure 3 VS The finished Body Campaign Source VictoriaStatistics in America shows that the subjectl dust type portrayed in the media is possessed naturally scarcely by 5% of American egg-producing(prenominal)s. Report shows 47% of girls in 5th-12th build wanting to lose weight after butt againsting magazine pictures, and 69% of girls in the same age group reporting that these magazine pictures influenced their idea of a perfect body shape (Eating Disorders Statistics). In America, debaucher is portrayed as slim but with a great figure, as shown in Victorias riddles Campaign. However, media fails to portray that a size 10 can be equally hot as size 6 and beauty is not just about being thin.An Asian body social system is naturally petite as compared to a Hesperian body structure it is easier for Asians to reach the noble-minded body image portrayed by the media, which results in a higher rate of eating disorders in America as compared to Singapore .Eating disorders have been regarded particularly to Western caller previously however, they have now become a more global issue with a rising rate of eating disorders cases seen in Asian countries such as Singapore, Japan, Korea, and China (Chisuwa). The ideal body prototype not only affects the West, it is increasingly seen in Singapore.In comparison of statistic betwixt Singapore and America, Singapore shows a rough tenderness that 80 gigabyte Singaporeans suffers from eating disorders out of a total population of four million, whereas in USA, 5 million people suffer from eating disorders out of a population of 293 million (Statistics).According to reports from the Singapore General Hospital, more teenagers as young as 13, are being treated at creation hospitals for eating disorders. Figures show an increase from 65 cases in 2011, to 75 cases in 2012 and 95 cases in 2013 (Tan).Figure 4 SHAPE Magazine Singapore Source SHAPE Figure 5 Her World Magazine Singapore Source HerSim ilar how magazines in both Singapore and America portray fit with account girls that are slim and the choice of linguistic process employ in the front page. It influence consumers idea of glorious being having the ideal shape, or body just like a magazine cover girl.In an interview I conducted with 50 physically fit looking for teens and 50 trade union movement women, the top physical insecurities felt are persuasion fat or chubby around their tummy, thighs and arm areas, others mentioned their body physique like having a smaller/larger chest, or too broad(a) shoulders, or not being satisfied with their facial structure. Some commented on avoiding sleeveless tops, white shirts or wearing longer skirts or drawers to hide their insecurities. They also talked about how they would try controlling their diets to not gain weight by limiting their food intakes or skipping meals occasionally. Some verbalize the numbers on the weighing machine impacts their perception of how fat th ey are and they will eat lesser to maintain or earn a certain targeted weight. When shown a magazine cover page (See Fig. 4), 70% of teens admitted on being envious of the figure and wanting to lose weight to succeed it, while the rest said that it is photo-shopped and it doesnt affect them. 40% of the working-class women desire that figure portrayed on the cover page and wants to achieve it, while the rest said it doesnt appeal to them (See Fig. 6)Figure 6 Ideal Body based on cover girl subject field chartIn a pilot study conducted with 26 female medical students in Singapore, 58% reported feeling moderately or very fat, despite a mean Body Mass top executive (BMI) of 18.7. An alarming figure of four out of the 10 with BMI below 18 reported feeling very fat. A study conducted with Singapore Chinese school girls with an average age of 16.5 years, 56% of them felt overweight even with a mean BMI of 18.89 (Ung).Asians have a smaller body structure and framework thus comparing to American, theres a variety between the Body Mass Index (BMI). For Asians, a BMI that is 24 or higher is considered overweightand obesity, a BMI of 28 or higher (Ethnic). For Americans, a BMI between 25 to 29.9 is considered overweight and 30 or higher is considered to be obese ( be).The idea of faithful-bony body structure being beautiful is often termed as (gu-gan-mei) in the Asian culture, whereby you can easily see a persons bone structure protruding collar-bones, hip to(predicate) bones. Thats the idea of beauty because it looks sexy. Both Asian and American have this idea of how sexiness and beauty looks like that you have to be skinny to be pretty.Figure 7 Bony Asian Artiste Source SinaFigure 8 Ideal bony structure Source PinterestModels must be of a certain body frame and below certain weight in order to be called models. A friend of mine, whos recovering from Anorexia, was rejected from a clothing line modelling audition and told harshly that shes too fat. When in fact , the judge could have easily told her that her body type is not what they are looking for, instead of using words like too fat, which seriously hurts a persons self-esteem and digs into that insecurity furthermore.Not only women, men suffer from eating disorders too. However, they are less likely to seek medical discussion because of the perception that eating disorders are a women disease. In America, an estimation of 10% to 15% of people with eating disorders is male. In Singapore, about 20 per cent of people who seek help for eating disorders are males. A data analysis report shows that in between 2003 to 2012, there were 72 cases of men suffering from an eating disorder and seeking help at the Eating Disorders Clinic at Singapore General Hospital. The average age was 19.9 years (The).To conclude, even though majority of people suffering from eating disorders are women, there is an increasing rate of male patients as well. 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