Eating Disorders

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Table of Contents


Foreword     5
Introduction: Background to Controversy: The Color of Eating Disorders     7
Opposing Viewpoints on Eating Disorders
Girls Are at Risk for Eating Disorders   Stephanie Booth     12
Boys Are at Risk for Eating Disorders Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders     21
The Media Causes Eating Disorders   Jessica Johnston     27
Psychological and Biological Factors Cause Eating Disorders   Thom Hartmann     34
How I Fell Victim to Pro-Eating Disorder Web Sites   L.A. Youth     40
Model Essays and Writing Exercises
The Five-Paragraph Essay     50
The Descriptive Essay     52
Impossible Images: Advertising and Eating Disorders     55
Create an Outline from an Existing Essay     58
Thinspiration.com: The Deadly World of Online Eating Disorders     60
Create an Outline from an Existing Essay     64
Organize and Write Your Own Descriptive Five-Paragraph Essay     64
There Is No Perfect Body     68
Practice Writing a Scene with Dialogue     74
Final Writing Challenge: Write Your Own Descriptive Five-Paragraph Essay     76
Supporting Research Material
Facts About Eating Disorders     80
Finding and Using Sources ofInformation     84
Using MLA Style to Create a Works Cited List     88
Sample Essay Topics     90
Organizations to Contact     91
Bibliography     95
Index     100
Picture Credits     103
About the Editor     104
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