1. Intro to Health Sciences
Eating Disorders
Just be you because those who mind, don’t matter and those who matter, don’t mind.
Laura Gardner
Period 2
Intro to Health Sciences

2. Mental disorder that reveals itself through abnormal behaviors related to food
More than just food
Emotions, thoughts, and attitudes
What types of eating disorders have you heard about?
Anorexia Nervosa
Bulimia
Binge Eating Disorder
Eating Disorders

3. What is the first thing that comes to mind when I say the word THANKSGIVING?
Can be a source of anxiety
Does not eat enough food to maintain a healthy body weight
Normal appetite & hunger pains
Symptoms
Extreme weight loss
Slowed heart and breathing rates
Dry skin
Fine body hair
Loss of menstrual period
90% of all cases are female
Anorexia Nervosa

4. Anorexia Nervosa Health Risks-Addiction See themselves as fat
Work harder to lose weight
Excessive exercise or diet
Lack of essential minerals causes heart to suddenly stop
Anorexia Nervosa

5. Anorexia Nervosa Possible Causes Usually a good student
Lack of a certain chemical that regulates mood
Low self-esteem
Troubled relationships
A person with a parent or sibling with an eating disorder are far likelier to develop one themselves
Anorexia Nervosa

6. Anorexia Nervosa Treatment First treated in hospitals
Doctors, nurses, and dietitians
Stop weight loss and change eating habits
Mental health experts
Correct emotional problems
Family help
Anorexia Nervosa

7. How can I tell if my friend Kim has anorexia or is just dieting?
Anorexia literally means “lack of appetite.” Why is that a misconception of those with the disorder?
Discuss diet with friends or secretive?
Excited to share weight loss or try to hide it?
Goal for losing weight?
They have normal appetite and hunger, they just choose not to give in.
Talk to a trusted adult if worried
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8. Go on uncontrolled eating binges followed by purging, or removing, the food from their bodies
Vomiting
Usually 2 times a week for 3 months to be bulimia
Laxatives
90 to 95% of cases are female
Too much food too quickly
Bathroom visits right after eating
Bulimia

9. Bulimia Health Risks Maintain normal body weight
Dehydration causing kidney damage
Lack of vitamins and minerals
Stomach acid
Inflames or causes tears in the throat
Erodes teeth enamel
Depression and suicide
Vomiting can decrease heart rate which weakens the heart causing failure
Bulimia

10. Bulimia Possible Causes
Use food to feel better emotionally (relieve feelings of depression) then purge in order to not gain weight
Low self-esteem
Troubled relationships
Bulimia

11. Bulimia Treatments Aware but unable to control behavior
Too ashamed to seek help
Offer private support
Encourage to seek help from mental-health expert
Psychotherapy, antidepressants, and nutritional counseling
Bulimia

12. Are athletes at risk for eating disorders? Why or why not?
Some sports have certain weight restrictions causing athletes to starve to make weight
Female triad
Lose weight to increase performance (eating disorder)
Exercise so much and not eat enough that period is stopped
Osteoporosis is a weakening of the bones due to the loss of bone density and improper bone formation.
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13. Before we started this unit, what did you think mental disorders were
Before we started this unit, what did you think mental disorders were? Now that we are into it, has your opinion changed?
Make your own decisions and leave your own legacy.
Morgan Neibar
period 2
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14. Regularly have an uncontrollable urge to eat large amounts of food
Don’t not purge or binge
Can’t stop eating once full
Intention to eat 2 slices of bread and end up eating the whole loaf
Used for coping with stress, depression, or anxiety
Binge Eating Disorder
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15. Binge Eating Disorder Health Risks Excess weight gain Unhealthy diet
Diabetes
High blood pressure
Try extreme weight loss diets
Hunger causes more bingeing
Yo-yo effect
Binge Eating Disorder

16. Binge Eating Disorder Possible Causes Treatment
Never properly learned how to deal with stress
Avoid dealing with emotions or stressful situations
Food provides temporary relief but can lead to guilt or depression
Family that tends to overeat
Treatment
Eat more slowly and deliberately
Address underlying emotional problems
Binge Eating Disorder

17. Does this count as a binge eating?
Why or why not?
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18. Group write-Paragraph of signs and symptoms and health risks
Alexis is 15. At 5’4” tall and 125 pounds, she looks in the mirror and sees a fat person. At dinner, she has started telling her parents, “I’m not hungry – I’ll eat later.” But Alexis doesn’t eat later because she has begun to starve herself in secret. For the past week, she’s been eating about 400 calories per day.
Justin is a wrestler – the best in his weight class. But he needs to stay in that weight class. If he gains just 5 pounds, he’ll get bumped up a class and have to wrestle larger guys and possibly lose. Justin exercises obsessively. He also takes laxatives to lose weight, and he has thrown up a few times after friends dragged him out for fast food. Justin even stops drinking water a day before he gets weighed for a match.
Emma is so fit and healthy, she doesn’t even get her period anymore – or at least, that’s how Emma sees it. As a top high school athlete, she trains all the time. Without the knowledge of her parents or coach, she has also dropped her intake to 800 calories per day. If she goes over, she makes herself throw up.
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