Body Distortion Images

Type: Assignments

Subject: Pharmacology & Nursing Care

Subject area: Nursing

Education Level: Undergraduate/College

Length: 2 pages

Referencing style: APA

Preferred English: US English

Spacing Option: Double

Title: Body Distortion images

Instructions: clinical activities: week 6 clinical assignments (below) about care of the patient with a body image distortion are to be given to clinical instructor before final exam. 1. student will write 1-2 paragraphs about differences between a positive and a negative body image after reviewing website https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/ submit to instructor before final exam. 2. after viewing the website https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/ student will identify 5 at risk populations who may have issues with identity that lead to disordered eating. 3. after viewing website https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/ student will list 3 preventative nursing interventions to reduce eating disordered behaviors. submit to instructor before final exam.

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Body Distortion images

Eating disorder is a severe yet treatable mental and physical disorders and can affect people of all genres, ages, races, beliefs, ethnicities, sexual preference, body form and weight. National polls predict that in America at some point in life 20 million women and 10 million men will be eating disorders. While no one knows with certainty which triggers eating disorders, there is increasing consensus that a variety of biological, psychological and sociocultural factors are involved. 

Body image is like looking in a mirror or pictured in your head. You see yourself as an individual. Many of us internalize signals from young age which can contribute to a positive or negative picture of the body. A positive picture of the body is a major factor in the prevention of mental health and food problems. This includes: How you feel your body and control it when moving. How do you feel or feel in your body physically.

Positive body image

Enjoy everything your body can do. Your body brings your dreams closer every day. Celebrate all your body's incredible stuff — running, dancing, breathing, smiling, dreaming and the like. Remember "real beauty" isn't all deep-skin. When you feel well about yourself and who you are, you are trusting, accepting and opening that makes you lovely. Beauty is an intellectual condition, not a body state. Maintain an upper-ten list of stuff you like—stuff that doesn't have to do with how much and how much you weigh. Please read your list frequently. Add to this when you realize that you enjoy more stuff. Make your social and media posts a vital audience. Be careful of images, slogans, or actions that make you or your body feel bad. Protest these advertisements, either by writing an advertiser letter or by referring to the picture or post. Use the energy and time you will spend on food, calories and weight to support other people. Sometimes reaching other people will allow you to feel better and can impact our world positively. Wear comfortable clothes that make your body feel healthy. Do not work against your body. Surround yourself with people who are healthy. You can feel better about yourself and your body more easily when you are around other people who support and know the importance of liking, as you are naturally (Mölbert, et al,. 2018).

Negative body image

  Corporeal image refers to people's viewing. The distorted image of a body is an unrealistic perception of how someone views their body. It's a negative image of a body. It is most often seen in women, as are eating disorders, but also in many men. In early childhood you start to develop your expectations of the appeal, fitness, acceptability, and functionality of your body. The picture of this body continues to grow as you grow old and receive input from colleagues, family members, coaches, etc. The evolution of a negatively internalized picture of your body can also affect characteristics such as beauty and self-criticism (Mölbert, et al,. 2018).

Risk populations

LGBTQ+LGBTQ+ has described individuals that suffer from particular stressors that can help create an eating disorder. While there are still a lot to be done in regards to sex, gender identity, body image and eating disorders in the population, we know that certain segments of the LGBTQ+ community experience disproportionate eating disorders. A close relative with a disorder of mental wellbeing. Problems like anxiety, depression and addictions in families may also occur and the likelihood of an individual developing an eating disorder have also been shown to increase. Dieting history. The emergence of binge food is linked to a history of diet and other weight management practices. Image body disappointment. The representation of your body includes how you feel in and around your body. Sadly, your look is not unusual, but people who develop eating disorders report more discomfort and an interiorisation of the ideal appearance. Teasing or intimidation. Treasuring and bullying in multiple eating disorders – in particular about weight – is an emerging risk factor. In recent years, more attention has been paid to the negative consequences of bullying and a significant national dialogue started. 60 percent of eating disorders affected said that bullying helped their eating disorder to grow. Weight shaming must be a major part of anti-bullying discussions, particularly in connection with the widespread message against obesity. Social networks limited. Limited. Loneliness and loneliness are some of the main characteristics of anorexia; many have less social interactions and acquaintances, and less social supports in the study (Riva, et al., 2018).

Risk Preventions

Prevention is any systemic effort to change conditions, such as eating disorders, that foster, initiate, maintain or exacerbate problems. A number of physical, mental and social problems lead to eating disorders, and everything must be treated in order to avoid and manage them efficiently (Riva, et al., 2018).

Universal/primary prevention: there are initiatives or strategies for all individuals (e.g., all adolescents in New York City or students in a health class). Designed to reform public policies, structures, and cultural norms. The objective is to avoid dysfunction in large populations with different levels of risk from occurring in the eating environment. Education, policy or legal action, other environmental and wider social activities can require universal prevention. Selective prevention: aiming to avoid eating disorders by approaching people who are not yet at risk for eating disorder and have no signs of a disorder because of biological, mental, or sociocultural causes (e.g., girls aged 10 to 13 who are facing puberty, experience sociocultural pressure for thinness, and have a parent with a history of an eating disorder). Multi-session immersive curriculum usually includes selective prevention. Description/target prevention: This targets individuals at high risk due to warning signs (e.g., slight ED symptoms) (e.g., high levels of body dissatisfaction). There is also no food disorder in the crowd. The intention is not to change social policy, the processes or interpersonal actions but to stop the developments of a grave problem and aim at the individual. Prevention overlaps conventional recovery steps: case identification to post-care intervention (Irvine et al., 2019).  

Reference

Mölbert, S. C., Thaler, A., Mohler, B. J., Streuber, S., Romero, J., Black, M. J., ... & Giel, K. E. (2018). Assessing body image in anorexia nervosa using biometric self-avatars in virtual reality: Attitudinal components rather than visual body size estimation are distorted. Psychological medicine, 48(4), 642-653.

Riva, G., & Gaudio, S. (2018). Locked to a wrong body: Eating disorders as the outcome of a primary disturbance in multisensory body integration. Consciousness and cognition, 59, 57-59.

Irvine, K. R., McCarty, K., McKenzie, K. J., Pollet, T. V., Cornelissen, K. K., Toveé, M. J., & Cornelissen, P. L. (2019). Distorted body image influences body schema in individuals with negative bodily attitudes. Neuropsychologia, 122, 38-50.