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Colleges and universities around the country are reporting an increased prevalence of eating problems among young female students. Difficulties include obsession with food, starvation dieting, severe weight loss, obesity, and compulsive binge eating, often followed by self-induced vomiting (Hesse-Biber, 1989, p. ... What are the reasons for eating disorders among college-aged women? ...
The reasons for difficulties around the issues of food and eating are myriad and complex. ... In her book, Anatomy of a Food Addiction,
author Anne Katherine calls eating the "great escape" and pinpoints the vulnerabilities of women to childhood origins (1991, p. ... Katherine describes this strong drive for eating in terms of Maslows hierarchy of needs--safety and security come far before appearance and artistic taste.
Approximate Word count = 586
Approximate Pages = 2.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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