Research Paper Assignment Feeding and Eating Disorder

Running head: FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS 1

FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS 3

Feeding and Eating Disorders

Liberty University

COUC 546-D06

Abstract

In the past two decades, cases of obesity and overweight have significantly increased in the country. These cases have especially been on the rise in my community due to poor eating habits and lack of proper education on how to manage the eating disorders. These eating disorders are caused by self-esteem and self-regulation issues in a person. As such, the purpose of this study was to help formulate and implement a strategy assist adolescents effectively manage and mitigate on the feeding and eating disorders in the community. The study found a gap in the field and as such will help enhance the current treatments and development of previously conducted research. The research focused on the evaluation of BN, BED and AN patients basing the evidence through comparisons and contrasts. The study further applied factors such as weight, criticism, body shape, eating symptoms and self-shame and the participants selected through this criterion. The findings of the research clearly differed from the ones conducted by previous scholars and as such, the study identified a gap in the literature review. The results found through this research indicated that BED patients had a higher BMI and are older as pointed out by Dahlgren, et al. (2017). Additionally, self-criticism and comparisons that are unfavorable by an overweight person were observed in the research as overvaluation indirectly affected a participant’s guilt. Through the research, improvements on the clinical utility will be observed in the future. Moreover, the findings concluded in the research will assist patients in my community suffering from mental disorders as a result of obesity and overweight issues cope and overcome them.

Reference

Dahlgren, C. L., Wisting, L., & Rø, Ø. (2017). Feeding and eating disorders in the DSM-5 era: a systematic review of prevalence rates in non-clinical male and female samples. Journal of eating disorders, 5(1), 56.