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Essay / The overuse of vegetarianism among adolescent girls...
As women have expressed more interest in healthier lifestyle choices in recent times, it is not surprising to see women choosing to 'Be vegetarian on a different level, like full or semi-vegan. It's easy to find a celebrity who has announced they are vegan or a grocery store product to replace a meat product. This lifestyle transition also occurs among adolescent girls. The main focus is on the reason why they choose vegetarianism. There are several reasons why these women choose to be vegan. This could be about protecting the environment or fighting for animal rights. However, it can also be used for one's own health. Many of them choose to follow a vegetarian lifestyle in order to lose weight or maintain it. The vegetarian diet can be used in a socially acceptable way to legitimize food avoidance and avoid certain eating situations (Bardone-Cone et al., 2012). Vegetarianism can be used as another form of an eating disorder in adolescent girls where they use a vegetarian lifestyle to cover up an eating disorder such as anorexia or orthorexia. Most people know about an eating disorder because they frequently hear it in celebrity news. In addition, it is not uncommon for it to be a disorder in people's daily lives. Additionally, there are easily accessible websites that promote an eating disorder and teach how to avoid foods. Eating disorder has several subtypes of disorders: anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder and orthorexia. According to Austin and Boyd (2010), there is a theory that helps illustrate the complexity of eating disorders. These eating disorder subtypes are related to each other, so if an individual has anorexia, that individual may also exhibit symptoms of bulimia. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of ...... middle of article ...... l naturally become less calorie-dense if you focus on eating primarily produce, as well as healthy grains and low-fat dairy products. fat ". However, it can be misused by teenage girls to cover up eating disorders. The researchers explained that when a patient with a suspected or diagnosed eating disorder becomes vegetarian, it is possible that healthcare professionals will view it as a "red flag" and the adolescent will also begin to express his interest in the vegan diet; careful examination of general eating attitudes/behaviors could help determine whether concerns are warranted (Bardone-Cone et al., 2012). Young women may not follow a balanced or vegan diet if they want to lose weight, which can lead to eating disorders. Additionally, if young women have a history of eating disorders, they may adopt vegetarianism to cover up their food avoidance...