Eating Disorders

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Eating Disorders
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Survival Notes for Body Image

• Dos
• Do accept that bodies come in a variety of shapes
  and sizes
• Do remember that we can be our own worst critics
  and that others really find us attractive.
• Do allow for normal variations in weight and
  shape
• Do recognize your strengths in terms of your
  appearance
• Do remember that attractiveness come from within

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Survival Notes for Body Image

• Donts
• Dont let your body define who you are
• Dont let obsession with your body keep you from
  getting close to others
• Dont let society determine your vision of
  attractiveness
• Dont believe that thinness is the same as
  happiness
• Dont be afraid to ask others for help
• Dont be afraid to actually enjoy your body

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Unrealistic Expectations

• More than half of teenaged girls are, or think
  they should be on diets
• They want to lose all or some of the 40 pounds
  that females naturally gain between 8 and 14
• Average woman 54, 145 lbs, dress size 11-14,
  bust 36-37, waist 29-31, and hips 40-42
• Barbie 60, 101 lbs, 4 dress size, 39 bust,
  19 waist and 33 hips
• Store mannequin 60 tall, weight not
  available, 6 dress size, 34 bust, 23 waist and
  34 hips

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Eating Disorder

• Abnormal eating pattern that endangers physical
  and mental health

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Eating Disorder

• It is estimated that one in ten US high school
  and college girls has an eating disorder, and 1
  suffer from anorexia.

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Eating Disorders

• All eating disorders, including those who
  overeat, involve an extreme preoccupation with
  food and a fear of getting fat.

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3 Common Eating Disorders

• Anorexia Nervosa
• Bulimia Nervosa
• Binge Eating

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When Food Becomes an Obsession
Differences in the disorders--Anorexics control
food, decreasing to as few as 200
cal/day Bulimics consume as much as 50,000
cal/day then purge Both can damage reproductive
organs, irregular heartbeats, kidney failure
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When Food Becomes an Obsession

• The control connection--often a reaction to
  changing circumstances translating into a need
  for control
• The personality factor--(1)Pattern of
  perfectionism, (2)low self-esteem, and (3) People
  pleasers

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When Food Becomes an Obsession

• The gender questions--11 of teens affected
  females to lose weight males exercise to gain
  muscle bulk
• The family factor--place importance of family
  loyalty, lack of conflict, overprotective,
  overbearing--a passive way to rebel

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Psychological Damage

• Low self-esteem
• Body loathing
• Depression
• Inner world is isolated

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Anorexia Nervosa

• An eating disorder that is both a physical and
  emotional problem
• Person severely limits the food they eat,
  sometimes to only 200 cals per day
• Often have distorted body image they may be
  very thin but not realize it
• No known cause but may be tied to anxiety and OCD

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Warning Signs and Symptoms

• Intense fear of gaining weight
• Very serious personality Controlling their
  weight gives them a sense of power
• Weighing less than 85 of expected weight
• Over exercising
• Feeling cold
• Slow heartbeat
• Restricting any kind of fat or sugar
• Mainly affects females

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Anorexia Nervosa
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Bulimia Nervosa

• One of the most common eating disorders
• Eat a large amount of food in a short time
  (binge) then they may feel guilty and ashamed and
  this causes them to purge (vomit, or laxative
  use)
• Lead secret lives hide their eating habits

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Bulimia Nervosa Symptoms

• Goes to the bathroom right after meals
• Overeats but does not gain weight
• Exercises a lot
• Uses laxatives or diuretics often
• Often talks about dieting, weight and body shape

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Bulimia Nervosa Problems

• Tooth decay from acid in vomit
• Salivary glands may swell because of irritation
  from vomiting
• Stomach ulcers, bleeding and tears in the
  esophagus

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Bulimia
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Binge Eating Disorder

• Eat large amounts of food within a couple of
  hours can consume 50,000 cals per day
• Unlike bulimia, you do not purge
• Depression, anxiety or other emotional problems
  may accompany

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Binge Eating Disorder Symptoms

• Eat when youre not hungry
• Feel you cant stop eating
• Eat until painfully full
• May feel upset, guilty or depressed after binging

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obesity

• The prevalence of obesity has risen 54 in the
  past 20 years, one in four children is obese.

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Some Myths About Obesity

• The obese eat more than the non-obese
• The obese are more emotionally disturbed than the
  non-obese
• Moderate obesity is associated with increased
  sickness and death
• Long term treatment through dieting is successful

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Getting Help

• If you feel you or someone you know has an eating
  disorder, get help by contacting your school
  counselor, school nurse, or family physician.

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Getting Help

• Treatment depends on the individual
• Treatment must focus on physical and mental
  healing
• May require a team approach
• Physician, Dietician, Psychologist

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When Food Becomes an Obsession

• Warning Danger ahead--excessive dieting,
  preoccupation with food, abnormal weight loss,
  secretive binge eating, distorted body image,
  fear of loss, compulsive exercise, vomiting
  laxative abuse, intolerance to cold, loss of
  hair,low pulse, swollen glands, eroded tooth
  enamel, depression, irritability

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NON-DIET MOVEMENT

• Learn to eat all over again from an internal
  sense of what their bodies need and want.
• It focuses on feeling good about oneself, eating
  in a relaxed, nurturing way and moving your body
  for fun.

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Dieting Quiz

• ___ 1. The bodys need for food is far greater
  than its need for water.
• ___ 2. Use the U.S. RDA to find the exact
  percentages of key nutrients you need.
• ___ 3. Health experts recommend that you not lose
  more than 1 ½ pounds to 2 pounds per week when
  on a diet.

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Dieting Quiz

• ___ 4. People who are extremely underweight can
  have as many problems as people who are
  overweight.
• ___ 5. If you eat more calories than you burn,
  you will lose weight.
• ___ 6. There are 1000 calories in one pound of
  fat.

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Dieting Quiz

• ___ 7. Even a small amount of exercise can help
  speed up your metabolic rate.
• ___ 8. When you diet, the first weight to be lost
  will be fat.
• ___ 9. The pinch test and skin caliper test are
  used to measure the amount of muscle under the
  skin.
• ___ 10. Diuretics are medications that cause the
  body to lose water weight.

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Psychological
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Physical Effects

• Bone loss
• lower blood pressure
• lower metabolism
• brain shrinkage
• depression

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Statistics
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Warning signs

• Excessive weight loss
• Excessive exercise
• Eats alone
• Elaborate eating rituals without in-taking food
• Lower body temperature
• Lower metabolism
• Goes to restroom after eating

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Warning Danger ahead

• Anorexia Nervosa
• Excessive dieting
• Abnormal weight loss
• Distorted body image
• Compulsive exercise
• Physical changes, such as intolerance to cold
  temperatures, loss of scalp hair, low pulse
• Depression, irritability

• Bulimia
• Preoccupation with eating/food
• Secretive binge eating
• Fear of loss of control over eating and weight
• Weight fluctuations due to binges and fasting
• Vomiting, laxative abuse
• Physical changes, such as swollen glands and
  eroded tooth enamel
• Depression, irritability

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Getting Beyond the disorder

• American Anorexia/Bulimia Association
• 418 East 76th Street
• New York, NY 10021
• Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders
• PO Box 5102
• Eugene, OR 97405

• National Anorexic Aid Society
• 1925 Dublin-Granville Road
• Columbus, OH 43229
• National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and
  Associated Disorders
• PO Box 7
• Highland Park, IL 60035
• (Hotline [phone])

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