1. Eating Disorders 1. Anorexia 2. Bulimia 3. Binge-Eating
Eating Disorders - any of a range of psychological disorders characterized by abnormal or disturbed eating habits

2. Symptoms of Anorexia include
1. Resistance to maintaining healthy body weight.
An OBSESSION WITH BEING THIN
and self-discipline to not eat!
2. An intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, even though underweight.
3. Distorted PERCEPTION of their body shape and size.
The chance for recovery increases the earlier an eating disorder is detected. Therefore, it is important to be aware of some of the warning signs of an eating disorder. 
An individual with an eating disorder generally won’t have all of these signs and symptoms at once, and warning signs and symptoms vary across eating disorders, so this isn’t intended as a checklist. Rather, it is intended as a general overview of the types of behaviors that may indicate an eating disorder. If you have any concerns about yourself or a loved one, please seek additional medical help.
Anorexia nervosa
People with anorexia nervosa may see themselves as overweight, even when they are dangerously underweight. People with anorexia nervosa typically weigh themselves repeatedly, severely restrict the amount of food they eat, and eat very small quantities of only certain foods. Anorexia nervosa has the highest mortality rate of any mental disorder. While many young women and men with this disorder die from complications associated with starvation, others die of suicide. In women, suicide is much more common in those with anorexia than with most other mental disorders. 2

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4. Symptoms of Bulimia include:
1. Resistance to maintaining healthy body weight.
An OBSESSION WITH BEING THIN
but don’t have discipline to not eat, so:
-binge and vomit (at least twice a wk for 3 months)
-take laxatives
-over - exercise
2. An intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, even though underweight.
3. Distorted PERCEPTION of their body shape and size).
Unlike anorexia nervosa, people with bulimia nervosa usually maintain what is considered a healthy or relatively normal weight. 4

5. Symptoms of Binge-Eating include:
Lose control over his or her eating.
Unlike bulimia nervosa, periods of binge-eating are not followed by purging, excessive exercise, or fasting.
As a result, people with binge-eating disorder often are overweight or obese. 
Binge-eating disorder is the most common eating disorder in the U.S. 5

6. Pair Share Factors Disordered eating is NOT just about food and diets…
Can you list the other factors that play a role in the development or continuation of disordered eating behaviors?
See how many you can come up with.

7. Psychological factors
Low self-esteem
Feelings of inadequacy or lack of control in life
Depression, anxiety, anger, or loneliness

8. Interpersonal Factors
Troubled family and personal relationships
Difficulty expressing emotions and feelings
History of being teased or ridiculed based on size or weight
History of physical or sexual abuse

9. Social Factors
Cultural pressures that glorify "thinness" and place value on obtaining the "perfect body"
Narrow definitions of beauty that include only women and men of specific body weights and shapes
Cultural norms that value people on the basis of physical appearance and not inner qualities and strengths

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12. Dangers from eating disorders:
-low potassium - can stop your heart
-can starve to death
-osteoporosis - bone disease
-dental problems

13. More Dangers from eating disorders:
-liver damage
-diabetes (binge / purge )
-intestine problems from vomiting
-internal bleeding
THERE IS NO CURE – IT’S A LIFELONG RECOVERY
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14. Average time to overcome an eating disorder is 7 years!

15. Pair / Share: Tell your table partner:
If it's not about food, what's it about
???

16. It’s not about food! It’s about:
fears
control
perfectionism
pressures
self esteem
abuse
attention
family dysfunction … 16

17. -”I will not let fear run my life”
For Recovery:
-”it’s O.K. to feel bad”
-”I will not let fear run my life”
-”food is my medicine-I need it 3 x per day”
Get adult help - (teacher, counselor, nurse, mom…)
*get them help before it gets out of control
(once they cross the line, it’s hard to stop-it’s
an addiction and your body with automatically
dry heave…) Once they have it:
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18. making yourself throw up
Not eating – or -
making yourself throw up
It’s not just a bad habit –
It’s a mental disorder,
and this person needs professional help…

19. These diseases are FATAL!
Mortality Rates26: Although eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental disorder,  the mortality rates reported on those who suffer from eating disorders can vary considerably between studies and sources. Part of the reason why there is a large variance in the reported number of deaths caused by eating disorders is because those who suffer from an eating disorder may ultimately die of heart failure, organ failure, malnutrition or suicide.
mortality rates are:
4% for anorexia nervosa
3.9%  for bulimia nervosa

20. On your resource page: Topic: Resource Name: Contact #:
Eating Disorders
National # to find local facility
Local Treatment Facilities for Eating Disorders
Hospital if necessary
Medications
Dieticians