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  1. Hi, I'm John and I'm presenting on Paula Abdul and
  2. her eating disorder bulimia.
  3. Paula Abdul was born on June 19th 1962 in San
  4. Fernando, California She was raised in Brazil and came to
  5. the U.
  6. S. In 1988.
  7. She is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, choreographer and
  8. television personality.
  9. She quickly roasted fame for her choreography of the music
  10. video Torture With the Jacksons.
  11. Her in her music career, her first pop debut album
  12. that she released Forever Your Girl hit Top number one
  13. on Billboard 200 album sales chart.
  14. Her follow up album, Spellbound, topped the Billboard Hot 100
  15. chart and sold seven million copies worldwide.
  16. She's also very famous for her TV appearance.
  17. In January 1977 she starred in an ABC television movie
  18. called Touched by Evil.
  19. She became a choreographer for film productions in the in
  20. the 19 nineties, and she was a judge on American
  21. Idol for four years.
  22. She was also married to Emilio Estevez from 1992 to
  23. 1994 and Brad Beckerman from 1996 to 1998.
  24. Paula Abdul is also well known for her contribution to
  25. Bolivia research, she collaborated with the National Eating Disorder Association,
  26. Help young woman seek help.
  27. She also publicly fights for eating disorder awareness.
  28. She was part of the same Francis health system in
  29. 1989 and help young woman with eighties.
  30. She was also able to raise over $350,000 to go
  31. towards any help and research.
  32. She also made one of the largest, largest contributions to
  33. awareness by revealing details of her struggle with bulimia.
  34. Poor publicly behind her eating, Paula Abdul suffered from a
  35. negative body image from age seven and often compared her
  36. body to other dancers.
  37. She often over exercised, binged and perched by age 15
  38. became harder to manage her disorder on her own, especially
  39. with the high expectations in Hollywood.
  40. Paula Abdul struggled with her eating disorder for almost two
  41. decades until checking into a mental health clinic in 1994.
  42. She continues to struggle and speak out about her personal
  43. struggles with bulimia, helping bring awareness to the issue.
  44. An organization associated with Bologna research is the Academy for
  45. Eating Disorders.
  46. It is an association committed to research education, treatment and
  47. prevention. Prevention of eating disorders also provides support groups, brings
  48. experts to collaborate and develop treatment towards CDs and holds
  49. the National Conference on Eating Disorders.
  50. What is an eating disorder?
  51. It's a psychological condition, which causes unhealthy eating habits, booting
  52. from negative feelings towards food, body shape or body image.
  53. Blue MIA is a serious type of eating disorder, typically
  54. involving binge eating, followed by self induced vomiting and fasting.
  55. People who have may secretly binge or eat large amounts
  56. of food and lose control over their eating.
  57. Anorexia is also another type of eating disorder.
  58. When a person develops the desire to refrain from food
  59. in order to lose weight, they usually have a distorted
  60. body image and fear of being overweight.
  61. Benji disorder is characterized by episodes of eating large amounts
  62. of food and experiencing feelings of shame, distress or guilt.
  63. After this is normal, most people with binge eating disorder
  64. do not regularly use unhealthy measures to counter binge eating.
  65. About a third of people with anorexia become bulimic, and
  66. 14% of those with bulimia become anorexic.
  67. Scientists aren't exactly sure what causes eating disorders, but most
  68. agree that there are genetic problems such as inherited personality
  69. traits, genes which affect your hunger and body weight can
  70. have an impact in psychological issues such as low self
  71. esteem, one for self control in having an unhealthy body
  72. image and social cultural problems such as beauty standards, media,
  73. family and friend influences that can lead to an eating
  74. disorder. Some risk factors for an eating Disorder.
  75. Our family history studies have found that having a close
  76. relative with eating disorder can increase your risk.
  77. Um, having a pre existing medical conditions such as depression,
  78. anxiety or a D H D can increase your risk.
  79. Um, or trauma.
  80. Children who experience emotional, psychological or sexual abuse are more
  81. likely to develop psychological issues leading to eating disorders more
  82. at risk.
  83. Our athletes, teenage girls and young woman um, teens in
  84. their early twenties black women are more likely to develop
  85. bulimia people already dieting because when you get positive comments
  86. about your weight loss, sometimes that can lead ah person
  87. toe, overdo it and lead them into an eating disorder.
  88. Stress from school work or relationships or pop culture when
  89. you only see skinny people represented as attractive.
  90. Some signs and symptoms associated with an eating disorder are
  91. behavioral and emotional signs such as preoccupation with weight and
  92. food, skipping meals, extreme concern with body size and shape,
  93. uncomfortable eating around.
  94. Others withdraw from family and friends and excessive exercising.
  95. Some physical signs and symptoms are noticeable.
  96. Fluctuation in weight difficulties concentrating and sleep problems.
  97. Dry skin, hair and brittle nails, muscle weakness and poor
  98. wound healing.
  99. Diagnosis is based off your signs, symptoms and eating habits.
  100. The doctor will likely examine you to rule out other
  101. causes for your eating issues and order.
  102. Lab test Ah, professional will ask you about your thoughts,
  103. feelings and eating habits, and you may be asked to
  104. do a self psychological assessment.
  105. Additional testing may be taken in order to check for
  106. complications arise from your eating disorder.
  107. The treatment of an eating disorder generally includes a team
  108. approach. The team typically includes primary care providers, mental health
  109. professionals and dieticians.
  110. Treatment of depends on the type of eating disorder.
  111. Psychotherapy is one of the type of treatments it teaches
  112. how to replace unhealthy habits with healthy ones.
  113. Family based therapy is when families make sure that the
  114. patient maintains healthy weight and diet.
  115. Cognitive behavioral therapy is when patients learn to monitor, improve
  116. any habits and learn to cope with stress.
  117. Um, for medications, there isn't a medication aimed directly at
  118. eating disorders, but some medications can help control urges and
  119. manage preoccupations with diet medications for anxiety and depression.
  120. Common are common symptoms of an eating disorder and can
  121. be used if you're eating disorder a serious to the
  122. point where it can result in malnutrition, your doctor may
  123. recommend you to be hospitalized.
  124. There are some clinics which specializing specialized in eating disorders,
  125. and there are also specialized eating disorder programs to offer
  126. more extensive treatment for a longer time.
  127. With long term follow up treatment, there's a high chance
  128. of recovery, and patients would be ableto live normal and
  129. healthy lives.
  130. Patients treated at a younger age have a better chance
  131. of recovery, but still there's a high chance of relapse
  132. with incomplete or no treatment.
  133. The eating disorder can lead to Mallory nutrition, organ failure,
  134. anxiety, depression and sometimes death facts and statistics of eating
  135. disorders. Eating disorders affect 9% of the population and is
  136. one of the most deadliest mental illnesses.
  137. NYT 26% of people with eating disorders, attempts suicide and
  138. 10,200 deaths occur year as a result of eating disorders.
  139. These are my references.
  140. Thank you for listening