Chloe Buckley
Unit 30
The first health issue is eating disorders as that can be a very serious health issue that many
people suffer from without even realising. Eating disorders are characterised by an
abnormal attitude towards food that causes someone to change their eating habits and
behaviour. A person with an eating disorder may focus excessively on their weight and
shape, leading them to make unhealthy choices about food with damaging results to their
health. Some people may think they are helping their body by not eating a lot as they think
it will make them thin but it is really making their body not well. There are many types of
eating disorders including a range of conditions that can affect someone physically,
psychologically and socially. The most common eating disorder is anorexia, bulimia and
binge eating disorder. Eating disorders are often blamed on the social pressure to be thin, as
young people in particular feel they should look a certain way. However, the causes are
usually more complex. An eating disorder may be associated with biological, genetic or
environmental factors combined with a particular event that triggers the disorder. There
may also be other factors that maintain the illness.
The second health issue is addiction as it is something that occurs often in society and
effects people's lives more than what others think. Addiction is a condition that results
when a person ingests a substance or engages in an activity that can be pleasurable at the
time but the continued use/act becomes compulsive and begins to interfere with ordinary
life responsibilities and can make them into a different person when having the craving.
Those who have an addiction may not see that the behaviour is out of order in which could
result into being violent towards people trying to help them and causing problems for
others who have to deal with it. Physical addiction is when the body becomes tolerant to
the effects of drug or occurrence by the brain to drugs or alcohol. Addiction can be
compulsive, for example the use of drugs, gambling or a shopping addiction can be the
compulsive reaction of emotional stress regardless of whether or not they have a physical
addiction. Since these psychological based addictions are not based on drug or brain effects,
they can account for why people frequently switch addictive actions from one drug to a
completely different kind of drug, or even to non-drug behaviour. When referring to any
kind of addiction, it is important to recognise that its cause is not simply for pleasure.
Experts debate whether addiction is a ‘disease’ or a true mental illness, whether drug
dependence and addiction mean the same thing, and many other aspects of addiction.
There are many similarities between these two health issues including that they are both
psychological, as sometimes these issues can't be helped and they need medical and
professional help to fix their problem. Also if it's psychological then it could come back as it
will always be in the back of their minds. Another similarity is they both can't be stopped
Unit 30
The first health issue is eating disorders as that can be a very serious health issue that many
people suffer from without even realising. Eating disorders are characterised by an
abnormal attitude towards food that causes someone to change their eating habits and
behaviour. A person with an eating disorder may focus excessively on their weight and
shape, leading them to make unhealthy choices about food with damaging results to their
health. Some people may think they are helping their body by not eating a lot as they think
it will make them thin but it is really making their body not well. There are many types of
eating disorders including a range of conditions that can affect someone physically,
psychologically and socially. The most common eating disorder is anorexia, bulimia and
binge eating disorder. Eating disorders are often blamed on the social pressure to be thin, as
young people in particular feel they should look a certain way. However, the causes are
usually more complex. An eating disorder may be associated with biological, genetic or
environmental factors combined with a particular event that triggers the disorder. There
may also be other factors that maintain the illness.
The second health issue is addiction as it is something that occurs often in society and
effects people's lives more than what others think. Addiction is a condition that results
when a person ingests a substance or engages in an activity that can be pleasurable at the
time but the continued use/act becomes compulsive and begins to interfere with ordinary
life responsibilities and can make them into a different person when having the craving.
Those who have an addiction may not see that the behaviour is out of order in which could
result into being violent towards people trying to help them and causing problems for
others who have to deal with it. Physical addiction is when the body becomes tolerant to
the effects of drug or occurrence by the brain to drugs or alcohol. Addiction can be
compulsive, for example the use of drugs, gambling or a shopping addiction can be the
compulsive reaction of emotional stress regardless of whether or not they have a physical
addiction. Since these psychological based addictions are not based on drug or brain effects,
they can account for why people frequently switch addictive actions from one drug to a
completely different kind of drug, or even to non-drug behaviour. When referring to any
kind of addiction, it is important to recognise that its cause is not simply for pleasure.
Experts debate whether addiction is a ‘disease’ or a true mental illness, whether drug
dependence and addiction mean the same thing, and many other aspects of addiction.
There are many similarities between these two health issues including that they are both
psychological, as sometimes these issues can't be helped and they need medical and
professional help to fix their problem. Also if it's psychological then it could come back as it
will always be in the back of their minds. Another similarity is they both can't be stopped
