Healthy Eating, Healthy Body

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Healthy Eating, Healthy Body

• Kathleen Ashton, Ph.D.

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Special Thanks

• Annie Matthews from John Carroll University

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Goals

• Better understand eating disorders
• Learn about health risks
• Become aware of treatments available
• Develop a healthy body image and eating habits

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Why YOU should care about eating disorders

• Eating disorders affect 1 in 4 young women
• Eating disorders can be deadly
• Being a young woman puts you at risk

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What are eating disorders?

• Anorexia Nervosa
• Bulimia Nervosa
• Binge Eating Disorder

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Kates story

• um..i'v never really said anything to anyone
  before but uh...i i think..i mean i don't know
  but i look in the mirror and it makes me sick. i
  feel like everyday i can see myself getting
  fatter and fatter. i was on the swim team at my
  school and i weighed 110 lbs. and i could'nt
  stand anyone seeing me in a bathing suit. so i
  stopped eating i would only drink water and have
  some crackers. i lost a good 10-12 pounds and i
  said thats all i wanted to loses but after i
  was'nt good enough so i kept on. some ppl started
  to notic but i told them i was just work out
  alot. but now recently i'v been comeing home
  eating as much as i can and making myself sick. i
  still think i look disgusting i'v never talk to
  anyone i don't know what to do i'm so sceard and
  weak i can't even run a mile without feeling like
  i'm gonna passout. i dont' knnow who else to turn
  to my boyfriend just broke up with me for another
  girl and that onle makes it worse. if i told my
  mom i don't think she'd belive me.

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Anorexia

• Low body weight
• Intense fear of gaining weight
• Distorted body image
• Missing periods

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Amys Story

• hey i am 15 years old turning 16 in 3 months. ok
  well ever since elementary school i have always
  felt i was too fat or just not thin enough. i
  wouldnt wear bathing suits and would cry when i
  had to at like the age of 10 and 9. my hole life
  i had many family problems like my birth mom
  died, my real dad never wanted me, i was adopted
  at the age of 2 months, then my mom now we r
  always fighting. well last year i started
  throwing up. it was only once in a while no big
  deal, but then it got worse and worse where i
  would do it all the time. i had a bucket in my
  room and i would throw up in it and then throw it
  out in the woods. i have been trying to stop for
  a while, and i have on and off. but always seem
  to come back to it. its so hard not to sometimes
  b/c it like takes over my body. and i hate myself
  and my image i just wish i was thinner. i am 5'3
  123 pounds and that is like huge. its disgusting
  i cant even look at myself. well sometimes i
  throw up blood or i get real sharp pains in my
  stomach. i just really want someone to talk to
  and help me. i dont understand why i cant stop.
  please someone help me.

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Bulimia

• Binge eating
• Large amount of food, feel out of control, guilty
• Purging
• Vomiting, laxatives, excess exercise, water pills
• Happens at least twice a week
• Poor body image

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Alyshas story

• I feel out of control!!! Lately I have been
  eating non stop and feeling horrible. I can't
  seem to stop eating junk food or any food. I was
  in denial at first about having an ed and Im
  still not sure if I have one because when I look
  in the mirror I actually see the body that I want
  and it's only when I go shopping that I realize
  that my body isn't what I think it is. Im
  constantly comparing myself to other women and
  it's driving me crazy. One moment Im fine and
  then the next Im depressed. This is interrupting
  my efforts at school because I can't concentrate
  on my work, constantly thinking about food. The
  worst part is that I feel so guilty after I eat
  when Im not suppose to.

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Binge Eating Disorder

• Binge eating at least twice per week
• Negative body image
• No purging

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Who gets eating disorders?

• Both women and men

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Who gets eating disorders?

• White/Caucasians
• Hispanics
• African Americans
• Other cultural groups

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Who is at risk?

• Athletes

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Who is at risk?

• Family history
• Depression
• Abuse
• Other risk factors

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Can I tell by looking at someone?

• People with eating disorders are of different
  shapes and sizes

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Health Effects

• Anorexia
• Shortness of breath
• Chest pain
• Osteoporosis
• Cardiac arrest
• Kidney damage
• Fertility problems
• Hair on face and body

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Health Effects

• Bulimia
• Enamel erosion
• Cavities/gum disease
• Esophagus ruptures
• Gastric ruptures
• Sudden cardiac arrest
• Colon problems

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Health Effects

• Binge Eating Disorder
• Diabetes
• High blood pressure
• Heart disease
• Sleep problems
• Joint pain

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What causes eating disorders?

• Family and genetics

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What causes eating disorders?

• Dieting
• Excessive exercise

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What causes eating disorders?

• Psychological factors
• Perfectionism
• Wanting control
• Fear of growing up
• Depression/anxiety
• Low self-esteem

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What causes eating disorders?

• Media influences
• 30 of models meet the weight criteria for
  anorexia

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Are we trying to be Barbie?

• Barbie vs. average woman

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What causes eating disorders?

• Cultural influences
• Supersize it!
• Gender influences
• Peers

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How do I know if. . .

• Not eating or eating tiny portions
• Hiding food
• Preoccupied with weight/dieting
• Making multiple trips to bathroom
• Losing hair/excess body hair
• Excess exercise
• Bruised/scraped fingers
• Wearing baggy clothing
• Refusing to undress in front of others

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Where to go for help

• Parents
• Teachers, school psychologists, guidance
  counselors, coaches
• Doctors/nurse
• Hotlines
• Websites

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Where to go for help

• Treatment centers
• Often involve combination of therapy, nutrition,
  and medicine

Treatment
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Staying Healthy

• Emotional Health
• Express your emotions
• Learn healthy ways to cope with stress
• Let yourself be human
• The power of positive thinking

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Staying Healthy

• Healthy Body
• Recognize normal body weights
• Eat a healthy, balanced diet
• Exercise smart

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Body Image

• Be proud of your body!
• When you look in the mirror, make sure your
  tape includes positive messages
• Recognize what your body does for you
• Your body is an amazing machine
• Become aware of the amount of diversity in bodies
• Our bodies are not meant to look the same

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Body Image

• Make it personal
• Refuse to buy magazines that promote unhealthy
  images
• Be critical of advertising and entertainment
• Make up your own mind
• Take the personal public
• Stand up for peers
• Speak out about pressures for thin ideal

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Healthy Mind, Healthy Body

• Thank you!