Part one of term paper
Christmas is a time of joy, but the Christmas of 1988 was one of revelation for me. My best friend of 15 years unveiled her deepest, darkest, most private secret; she was bulimic. I was unfamiliar with the disorder at the time, but when she told me of her 7 year struggle with anorexia and bulimia, I had to know more, to understand the what ...

Part two of term paper
... with the magazines explanation, I decided to investigate the topic further. I went to Palmer College of Chiropractic's library hoping to consume as much information as possible to prove Parents' Magazine wrong. I found several medical journals, psychiatric journals, and books on the topic of eating disorders that could affirm my feelings. As I tried to rationalize my friend's behavior, I decided that social acceptability had to have played a large part in her illness. I als ...