Current Discoveries & Stories
In the news articles, "How Eating Disorders Can Affect Young Athletes", Ruben Castaneda, A staff worker for the newspaper, U.S News & World Report, reports on three real situations with three teens from around the world and in the en offers insight to athletes and young kids around the world for solutions and treatment. Castaneda first writes about a young teen in Louisville, Kentucky named Krista Weyhing. Weyhing was just a teen when she started to develop eating disorders saying, the "the death of her beloved grandfather, and two close friends suicide" (Castaneda) might've triggered her eating disorders. Weyhing first started, "eating a healthy diet featuring shrimp, fish, salads, nuts and cheese" (Castaneda). Weyhing recalls just wanting to feel as though everything is gonna be okay. Castaneda compares Weyhings story to those in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics unfolding in South Korea. Castaneda brings light to the situations that young athletes are facing reporting, "such as U.S. figure skater Adam Rippon and Canadian figure skater Gabrielle Daleman, have recently spoken publicly about their struggles with an eating disorder." (Castaneda). These young teen sparking the conversations about eating disorders embarked Castaneda to find solutions to these deadly disorders, Castaneda states, "Know you're not alone, reach out for help" (Castaneda). Castaneda's tone is inviting and informal appealing to young teens around the world.
What I've learned over these past few months about eating disorders is that many issues can commence them. Things like drugs, homelessness, rape, isolation, and guilt. Susan Washington, a well known author spoke to my classmates and me about drug addiction, without failing to mention that her addiction to meth started out as "a way to become skinny" (Washington). Throughout Washington's book, From Pom Pom's to Prison, she constantly refers to her guilt and isolation that started her drug abuse. Many of those affected by eating disorders and are still alive to speak and bring awareness to them will often remember that they too, were guilt and always isolated, which caused their problems to go unknown and untreated. Many social issues tie-in to eating disorders.