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Emily Garza

Instructor Judith R. McCann

ENGL 1302-203

7 April 2023

Eating Disorder Crisis

Introduction/ Background Information

Eating disorder cases date back to 1689 with a boy and a girl demonstrating “nervous

consumption” symptoms; English physician Richard Morton, described the lack of a physical

cause for the atrophy and loss as “this Consumption to be Nervous.” This was then known as the

first eating disorder acknowledged and documented at the time being Anorexia Nervosa. Since

then, the knowledge of eating disorders has grown and expanded. The first eating disorder

included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM- I) was Anorexia

Nervosa in 1952. The other two major eating disorders, Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating

Disorder, were later added in DSM IV in 1994. Eating disorders earned the classification of

“disorder” because of their notoriety as a harmful disruption process. Eating disorders are

negatively affecting the people who obtain them. Eating disorders cause an individual to have

ever-lasting physical and mental difficulties.

Physical Strain

To begin with, it is apparent how eating disorders are negatively impacting the health of

an individual by prohibiting the accurate amount of nutrients and sleep. In multiple studies,

focusing on adolescents expresses how eating disorders can stunt the growth of a child by not

providing enough nutrients . Various studies also review how eating disorders can result in lack

of proper sleep and lead to Night Eating Syndrome. According to Tzischinsky, “Studies suggest
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that ED pathologies tend to be associated with psychiatric comorbidity and insomnia, with

stronger associations as the severity of the ED symptoms increases”(2). To elaborate, the author

experiments with people that suffer from night eating syndrome and people with binge eating

disorder. The results for that particular group came higher with people with a combination of

both. C