2. Do You Ever Feel Like Your Just Not Good Enough?

3. Eating Disorder Statistics:  The most common behavior that will lead to an eating disorder is dieting. (AABA, 1998)  It is estimated that currently 11% of high school students have been diagnosed with an eating disorder. (ANAD)  The diet and diet related industry is over a 50 billion dollar a year enterprise in the U.S. (M. Maine, 2000)

4. Eating Disorder Statistics:  The average woman is 5"4’ and weighs 140 pounds. The average model is 5"11’ and weighs 117 pounds. Most fashion models are thinner than 98% of American women. (Smolak, 1996)  Up to 19% of college aged women in America are bulimic. (Rader Programs)

5. 1 in 5 Girls Exhibit Eating Disorder Behavior: According to a 2007 national study, the number of young girls developing eating disorders has almost doubled to 18% in the past six years.

6.  Psychological Issues  Genetic Factors  Media & Fashion Influences

7. What causes Eating Disorders?  Media & Advertising  Cultural Pressures  Psychological Issues  Low Self-Esteem, and Poor Self-Image  Genetic factors  Life Transitions  Family Problems  Peer & Social Pressure

8.  Preoccupied with food  Preoccupied with weight  Distorted body image  Poor self-esteem  Depression  Mood swings  Engages in binge eating  Obsessive Exercise  Abuse of diet aids  Extreme weight loss  Engages in purging  Nutritional deficiencies  Lack of self-control with food

9.  Psychological characteristics that can make a person more likely to develop anorexia nervosa include:  Low self-esteem  Feelings of ineffectiveness  Poor body image  Depression  Difficulty expressing feelings Psychological Issues

10.  Over 60% of girls avoid certain activities because they feel bad about their looks  Examples  19% won’t try out for a team or club  23% won’t go to the beach or the pool  13% won’t give an opinion  15% won’t go to school  92% say the main change they’d have is their weight  Looking at magazines for just 60 minutes lowers the self esteem of 80% of girls  63% of girls would rather model for a men’s magazine than be a doctor, teacher, or nurse Can You Believe?

11.  Psychological characteristics that can make a person more likely to develop anorexia nervosa include:  Rigid thinking patterns  Need for control  Perfectionism  Physical or sexual abuse Psychological Issues

12.  Anorexia nervosa occurs eight times more often in people who have relatives with the disorder. However, experts do not know exactly what the inherited factor may be.  In addition, anorexia nervosa occurs more often in families with a history of depression or alcohol abuse. Genetic Factors

13. Media Influence on Teens  Women are bombarded with messages from the media that they must diet to meet this standard.  However, this idealized ultra-thin body shape is almost impossible for most women to achieve since it does not fit with the biological and inherited factors that determine natural body weight.

14. Media & Fashion Influences on Eating Disorders  The influence of the media and fashion on the proliferation of eating disorders cannot be refuted.  From an early age we are bombarded with images and messages that reinforce the idea to be happy and successful we must be thin.  Today, you cannot read a magazine or newspaper, turn on the television, listen to the radio, or shop at the mall without being assaulted with the message that fat is bad.  Adolescents often feel fatally flawed if their weight, hips, and breasts don't match up to those of models and actors.

16. How Do People with Eating Disorders View Life?  Food and eating dominate the life of a person with anorexia nervosa.  Distorted view of weight and shape become the main or even sole measures of self-worth.  Maintaining an extremely low weight becomes equated with beauty, success, self-esteem, and self-control and is not seen as a problem.  People with an eating disorder think about food, weight, and body image constantly.

17. Spectrum of physical characteristics seen among adolescents with eating disorders.

19.  Anorexia nervosa, in the most simple terms, is self-starvation.  Anorexics feel there is a serious disturbance in the way they feel about food, weight, and body image.  Anorexics are also often characterized as stubborn, vain, appearance-obsessed people who simply do not know when to stop dieting. What is Anorexia Nervosa?

20. Problems associated in weight loss include lowering of:  Heart rate  Blood pressure  Breathing rate  Body temperature (which may result in feeling cold) What Medical Problems Can Anorexia Nervosa Cause?

21. Other Physical problems include:  Thinning or drying of the hair “Lanugo" hair (a fine hair that develops on the face, back, or arms and legs)  Dry skin  Restlessness and reduced sleep  Yellowish color on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet  Lack of or infrequent menstrual periods  Death! What Medical Problems Can Anorexia Nervosa Cause?

22.  People in certain occupations that emphasize leanness to improve performance and appearance are at increased risk for developing anorexia nervosa.  These include dancers, gymnasts, figure skaters, runners, wrestlers, cheerleaders, sorority girls, and models. Anorexia Facts

23. What is Bulimia Nervosa?  Bulimia Nervosa, in the most simple terms, is binge eating followed by forced vomiting  Bulimics feel there is a serious disturbance in the way they feel about food, weight, and body image.  Bulimics are also often characterized as stubborn, vain, appearance-obsessed people who simply do not know when to stop dieting.

24. Signs & Symptoms of Bulimia  Eating uncontrollably, binging, and purging  Forced Vomiting or Vomiting Blood  Abusing Laxatives, or Diuretics  Going to the bathroom frequently after eating  Preoccupied with body weight  Depression and mood swings  Feeling out of control

25. Signs & Symptoms of Bulimia  Swollen glands in neck and face  Heartburn, bloating, indigestion, or constipation  Irregular menstrual periods  Dental and gum problems  Persistent sore throat  Bloodshot eyes  Weakness, Fatigue, Exhaustion

26. Compulsive Overeating Disorder  This eating disorder, also called binge eating disorder is characterized by an addiction to food.  An individual suffering with compulsive overeating disorder has episodes of uncontrolled eating or binging, during which he or she may have a pressured, frenzied feeling.  The person may continue to eat even after becoming uncomfortably full. The binge is typically followed by a period of intense guilt and/or depression.

27.  Preoccupied with food  Preoccupied with weight  Distorted body image  Poor self-esteem  Depression  Mood swings  Engages in binge eating  Obsessive Exercise  Abuse of diet aids  Extreme weight loss  Engages in purging  Nutritional deficiencies  Lack of self-control with food

28. Celebrities That Have Battled Eating Disorders

30. Treatment and Recovery:  Hospitalization  Food Tolerance  Medication  After Care  Counseling  Nutrition Information  Fitness Information  Emotional  Psychological  Self-Image

31. Questions to Think About  Do people really want to make themselves a skinny – fat person?  What would you do if you knew someone with an eating disorder?  How could you help a friend that developed a eating disorder?