Eating Disorders1
In recent history, the idea of feminine beauty has been shifting toward a less healthy, overly thin model. More than 25,000 years ago when humans first evolved, women exaggerated their reproductive organs, like breasts and hips, using fertility symbols. Slim women were not considered beautiful because they did not seem healthy enough to nourish and raise a family, or make it through the winter. Slim women were also considered to be poor, because they could not afford enough food to keep their body full and healthy. During the Renaissance era, beautiful paintings from world famous artists, including Michelangelo, featured full-figured women. Full figures continued to be popular throughout the Mannerism and Baroque periods, which continued up through the 1730's. In the mid-1700's, women's figures started to change. The women began to wear girdles, cinching up their waist to exaggerate their "curves". The girdles were painful but women wanted to get their waist as small as they could. In the 1900's, waists became even smaller. The Roaring 20's brought radical changes to women and their bodies. Young girls called "flappers" became popular. They wore their hair short and boyish, wore rolled down stockings and short, baggy dress
Eating for Two: Nutrition During Pregnancy. http://www.parenthoodweb.com/parent_cfmfiles/pros.cfm/371 (February 19, 1999). Nardo, Don. Vitamins and Minerals. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1994. Davis, Kathy. Reshaping the Female Body - The Dilemma of Cosmetic Surgery. New York: Routledge, 1995. A premature baby can also be a sign of an eating disorder during pregnancy. Lower birth weight babies are at risk of many medical problems, and some are life threatening. Babies born to eating disordered mothers may be retarded or slow to develop. They can be smaller in size, weaker, and slower growing than other children of the same age. Intellectually they lag behind their classmates. They are not quite as fully developed socially and have a hard time developing relationships with other people ("ANRED" 1). Perloe, Mark M.D. and Linda Gail Christie. Miracle Babies and Other Happy Endings. New York, Rawson Associates, 1986.
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