1. Fad Diets and Eating Disorders
Chapter 6, Lesson 2

3. Risky Weight-Loss Strategies
Fad Diets
Liquid Diets
Fasting
Diet Pills

4. Fad Diets Weight-loss plans that are popular for only a short time
Grapefruit diet
Costly (buy certain products)
Weight usually regained

5. The Cabbage Soup Diet
The Lemon Detox Diet
The French Women Don't Get Fat Diet
The Hallelujah Diet
The Dukan Diet
The Tapeworm Diet
The Sleeping Beauty Diet
The Purple Diet
The Air Diet
The Liquid Diet

6. Liquid Diets Replace all food intake with a special liquid formula
Very low calorie; little energy; little fiber and nutrients
High-protein, low-carbohydrate liquids
FDA requires these products to carry warning labels & recommends close medical supervision

7. Fasting Abstain from eating
Body begins breaking down protein stored in muscle tissue
Religious & cultural rituals

8. Diet Pills Suppressing appetite
Drowsiness, anxiety, a racing heart, or other serious side effects
Addictive
Dehydration

9. Weight Cycling Repeated pattern of loss and regain of body weight
Common in fad diets
Harmful or not?
Slow and steady weight loss is best for long-lasting results

10. The Risks of Eating Disorders
Extreme harmful eating behavior that can cause serious illness or even death
90% are female
About 1% of females ages 16-18

11. Anorexia Nervosa
Disorder in which the irrational fear of becoming obese results in severe weight loss from self-imposed starvation
Symptoms: extremely low caloric intake, obsession with exercising, emotional problems, unnatural interest in food, distorted body image, denial of an eating problem
Consequences related to malnutrition and starvation, females stop menstruating, loss of bone density, low body temperature, low blood pressure, slowed metabolism, reduction in organ size, serious heart problems (irregular heart beat – cardiac arrest), death

12. Bulimia Nervosa
Disorder in which some form of purging or clearing of the digestive tract follows cycles of overeating
Consequences: dehydration, kidney damage, irregular heartbeat, destroys tooth enamel, tooth decay, damages tissues of stomach, esophagus & mouth, nutrient deficiencies, change blood composition, death

13. Binge Eating Disorder Disorder characterized by compulsive overeating
Consume huge amounts of food but do not purge
Food used as coping mechanism for strong emotions/depression
Consequences: unhealthful weight gain, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, gallbladder problems, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, increase risk of certain cancers

14. Help for Eating Disorders
Professional medical help
Psychological help
Support groups/clinics
Trusted adults
Be encouraging and supportive