Summary

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 53617
Story Slug TEENS AND EATING DISORDERS VNR (11/06/1995)
Location NONE
Format PKG W/TAG
Date 11/06/1995
Archive Time 53:14
TRT 1:52
Supers Cheryl Raczon, Battled Anorexia Dennis O'Neill, MD Pathologist Kathleen Quinn, Reporting
Video Description WOMAN AT HOME, PHOTO, TEENS, YOUNGER KIDS, LAB, WOMAN AT HOME
Script LEAD: SOME EXPERTS SAY EATING DISORDER, WHICH AFFECT EIGHT MILLION AMERICANS, ARE REACHING EPIDEMIC LEVELS FOR THOSE WITH ANOREXIA NERVOSA OR BULIMIA, THE STRUGGLE HAS LESS TO DO WITH WEIGHT THAN BODY IMAGE, CONTROL AND SELF-ESTEEM THAT BATTLE CAN TOUCH OFF A DOWNWARD SPIRAL OF DEVASTATING, EVEN DEADLY HEALTH PROBLEMS FOR PEOPLE OF EVERY AGE, EVEN THE VERY YOUNG MEDICAL REPORTER KATHLEEN QUINN EXPLAINS SCRIPT: TWENTY-THREE YEAR OLD CHERYL RACZON IS ON THE GOWORKING, STUDYING FOR A MASTER'S DEGREE AND VYING FOR A SPOT IN THE MISS AMERICA PAGEANT PHOTOS SHOW A CONFIDENT AND HEALTHY WOMAN BUT SHE DIDN'T ALWAYS FEEL THAT WAY (SOT) ANOREXIA, A FORM OF SELF-STARVATION, IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON EATING DISORDERS ANOTHER IS BULIMIA, WHICH IS MARKED BY BINGE EATING THEN PURGING BOTH ARE PSYCHOLOGIAL ILLNESSES WHICH ARE 25 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO AFFECT FEMALES THAN MALES AND OFTEN STRIKE IN THE TEEN YEARS BUT STATISTICS SHOW A THIRD OF VICTIMS, INCLUDING CHERYL, REPORT THE ONSET BETWEEN 11 AND 15 AND TEN PERCENT AT AGE 10 OR YOUNGER (SOT) PATHOLOGISTS, DOCTORS WHO TREAT PATIENTS THROUGH LABORATORY MEDICINE, SEE FIRST-HAND HOW EATING DISORDERS RAVAGE THE BODY MALNUTRITION AND DEHYDRATION CAUSE SERIOUS EVEN FATAL DAMAGE TO THE LIVER, KIDNEYS AND HEART (SOT) SYMPTOMS OF ANOREXIA INCLUDE REFUSING TO EAT EXCEPT FOR SMALL PORTIONS, A PERSISTENT FEAR OF GAINING WEIGHT AND ABNORMAL WEIGHT LOSS SYMPTOMS OF BULIMIA INCLUDE SECRETIVE BINGE EATING AND PERGING, ABUSE OF LAXATIVE, DIURETICS AND DIET PILLS AND BROKEN BLOOD VESSELS IN THE EYES EATING DISORDERS CAN BE OVERCOME AS IN CHERYL'S CASE WITH MEDICAL HELP AND THERAPY NOW SHE'S CONFIDENT AND EXCITED ABOUT HER FUTURE THIS IS KATHLEEN QUINN REPORTING TAG: FOR A BROCHURE TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE LEARN MORE ABOUT EATING DISORDERS, CONTACT THE COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS, AT 1-800-LAB-5678
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