Michigan Model Lesson 4- Nutrition

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Michigan Model Lesson 4- Nutrition
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Unhealthy and Unsafe

• Smoking
• Laxatives
• Diet pills
• Fasting
• purging

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Is weight the best indicator of Fitness and
health?

• No, It is more important than body weight is
• eating nutritious food
• exercise regularly
• feeling good

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When a person Has too little body fat, due to
dieting

• May become ill because no energy available if
  person cant eat
• May have very little energy and tire easily
• Not getting enough of essential nutrients
• Females may irregular periods or no period at all
• EXTREME THINNESS MAY BE A SIGNAL OF AN UNHEALTHY
  EATING PATTERN OR AN EATING DISORDER

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Unhealthy Eating Patterns

• Anorexia
• Bulimia
• Overeating

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Anorexia Nervosa

• Anorexia Nervosa Starvation sickness
• Person is obsessed with food, weight, thinness
• Refuse to eat and denies they are hungry
• Have an intense fear of body fat and weight gain
• They are never too thin

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Warning Signs of Anorexia

• Abnormal weight loss
• Depression
• Moodiness
• Seeing self fat even when thin
• Refusing to eat
• Avoiding social situations where food is involved
• Exercising excessively

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Bulimia Nervosa

• Eating disorder involving a person that gorges
  themselves then usually on high calorie foods
  and then purge (vomit) or uses laxatives or
  diuretics

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Warning Signs

• Large fluctuations in weight
• Disappearing after eating
• Feeling out of control when eating
• Eating enormous meals without gaining weight
• Feeling ashamed or depressed after eating
• Dependence on diet pills
• Eating secretly

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Problems From Bulimia

• Dental problems from stomach acid
• Chipmunk cheeks
• Broken blood vessels in the eyes

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Statistics

• Many people go back and forth between anorexia
  and bulimia
• 1 in 100 pre-teens and teens girls will be
  anorexic
• 1 in 10 will die from its affects
• Starvation, heart failure, or suicide form
  depression
• 5-20 will die from complications of eating
  disorder

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Causes of Eating Disorders

• Stresses in life
• Societys perception of body image

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Eating Disorder More Common In Women Than Men

• Media portrays perfect body image more for women
  than men
• Males are not immune

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Why People Overeat

• Enjoy social atmosphere that involves food
• Take minds off other issues
• Soothe unpleasant emotions
• Habit of eating large portions or eat often

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What To Do

• Talk to person about your concern
• Ask for help form family, friends
• Talk to counselor or health professional

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Warning Signs of Unhealthy eating Patterns

• See Transperancy