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Various eating disorders have been shown to greatly impact brain function (Society of Neuroscience). Eating disorders are a category of mental disorders in which eating and dieting behaviors go far beyond the everyday extremes of overeating and dieting many people experience (Textbook, 295). There was information presented at the Society of Neuroscience meeting which revealed brain activity relating to binge eating and purging. The information we have today is extremely vital in helping the numerous people worldwide that are suffering from eating disorders, especially since those people have a greater chance of acquiring psychiatric and chronic diseases. As scientists uncover the impacts of diet on brain function, the adage 'You are what you eat,' takes on new meaning (Fernando Gomez-Pinilla). We now are aware that it is possible to reduce the symptoms of these severe disorders by magnetic stimulation on the brain. This data will improve the formation of a tool to help patients. We have also been informed that a person in the higher age range with a diet of red meat and processed food can potentially have a loss in verbal memory after 36 months. Also that c onsuming cannabis can influence body weight of offspring for generations (Society of Neuroscience). I believe that this case should be further studied, since there is very vital information however, more would be very helpful to greatly help people with these disorders. In no way am I saying any of the information is faulty because there is not a great deal of people studying it, (Barrett's Law #10), but another study of this would improve our knowledge on this topic.

References:

Wood, Samuel E., Ellen R. Green. Wood, and Denise Roberts. Boyd. // Mastering the World of Psychology //. Fourth ed. Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2011. Print.

Society for Neuroscience. "Our relationship with food: What drives us to eat, suffer eating disorders?." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 12 November 2013. .

Society for Neuroscience

Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, PhD, of the University of California, Los Angeles.

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