Cultural Changes Resulting in the Increase in Eating Disorders

EXHIBIT THREE: These figures show the comparison of scores that college students got on tests that were meant to show how at risk subjects were to eating disorders. This study is particularly important because it was amongst show of the earliest studies to suggest that these other populations were also vulnerable to the development of eating disorders.

EXHIBIT FOUR: This figure displays the data collected from the comparison between urban and rural South Africans and their relationship with disordered eating behaviors. According to the data, subjects living in urban areas were more likely to be obese, and had a greater desire to be thin. This suggests that an increase in weight is associated with a desire to be thin in urban environments

EXHIBIT FIVE: This data shows the different body types that South Africans find to be attractive. According to the data, urban subjects were more likely to find more lean bodies to be more attractive than more overweight bodies.

EXHBIT SIX: This graph shows the different weight perceptions and eating behaviors of children based on the education level of their mothers. Children of highly educated mothers were more likely to perceive themselves as overweight and engage in weight controlled practices. Therefore, the children of these mothers were more likely to perceive themselves as overweight, even if they were underweight or normal weight

EXHIBIT SEVEN: This data shows the how different factors affect body image. According to these findings, exposure to Western media was the most influential factor in the makeup of one's body image.

EXHIBIT EIGHT:This graph displays the risks of developing an eating disorders that different occurs at different weight levels. According to this data, overweight people are at a much higher risk to developing an eating disorder than underweight, or normal weight people.

EXHIBIT NINE: This data shows both the baseline of urban and rural diets, and the shift of these diets between the years 2008-2009. The chart displays the different foods that are eaten in Tanzania, and what prevalence exists in each population. The data shows that urban diets have shifted towards more sugary foods that are less healthy and more convenient.

EXHIBIT TEN: This data shows how food insecurity affect people's perceptions of disordered eating behaviors. According to this chart, people that have higher levels of food insecurity were more likely to engage in binge eating , vomiting, using laxatives, skipping meals, and overexercising.

EXHIBIT ELEVEN: This data shows the different physical symptoms experienced by people in Hong Kong and people in the West. Contrary to the West, most of the Chinese subjects experienced physical symptoms, and 58.6% of them did not experience a fear of getting fat, which is a staple of Western eating disorders.

EXHIBIT TWELVE: This data shows the the rates of diagnosis of eating disorders in Saudi Arabia. According to these findings, bulimic behavior had much higher diagnoses than anorexic behavior.