ATTENTION High School Students!!!

 A Psychiatric illness › Desire to be thin › Fearing weight gain  Limiting food/laxatives/vomiting › Occurs during preadolescence/adolescence

Anorexia Nervosa Bulimia Nervosa Binge Eating Disorder

RRefusal to maintain normal body weight TTwo Ways: Restricting Body experiences starvation/depressed mood Binge-eating and purging Eating followed by self-induced vomiting 1 2

RReoccurring binge eating followed by: ›S›Self-induced vomiting ›M›Misusing laxatives ›D›Diuretics/fasting/excessive exercise UUsually maintain average body weight ›D›Difficult to detect

PPurging threatens physical health: ›D›Dehydration ›H›Hormonal imbalance ›D›Depletion of minerals ›D›Damage to vital organs

IIndulging without purging ›U›Unlike Bulimia FFoods high in fat and sugar IIndividuals tend to be obese ›S›Some keep average weight MMaintain weight by binging and starving

 Considered a life-threatening illness  Commonly overlooked or ignored

TThere are internal and external factors that contribute to eating disorders

*Teasing *Abuse *Depression *Distorted thoughts *Body Dissatisfaction

 Family pressures  School cliques  Having need to control the uncontrollable.  Sport related pressures  Television/radio/magazines

 Physical  Behavioral  Emotional

 Quick weight loss or fluctuation  Abdominal pain  Feeling full or bloated  Feeling faint or feeling cold  Dry hair/skin & blue hands/feet  Lanugo hair (fine body hair)

 Dieting or chaotic food intake  Pretending to eat, throwing away food  Exercising for long periods  Constantly talking about food  Frequent trips to bathroom  Baggy clothes hiding thin body

 Complaints about being or feeling fat  Making comments about feeling worthless  Depression  Perfectionist attitudes  Family conflicts

 3%–10% females between 5-29 years old  1% female adolescents have anorexia nervosa  4% college females have bulimia  1% women have binge-eating disorder

 Less likely to seek treatment  1 man to every 10 women › Have anorexia/bulimia  10% of American’s with eating disorders are men

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