Transcript Nutrition: Eating Disorders

Nutrition:
Eating Disorders
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Agenda
Quick review- Advertising techniques
Myth/Facts- Eating Disorders
(True/False quiz)
DVD- Kristen’s story; eating disorder
info.
Testimonial
Slogans
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“Got Milk?”
Milk
“Red Robin!”
Yummmm!
“Save Big Money at…”
Menards
“Piggly Wiggly…”
Shop the Pig
Sense Appeal
Eating Disorders
Myth/facts
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1. Eating disorders occur because people lack the willpower to eat healthy foods in
appropriate quantities.
False: They are not due to a failure in will or behavior. Eating disorders are genuine
treatable psychological illnesses.
2. Only women develop eating disorders.
False: Although females are more likely than males to develop an eating disorder, it
can happen to males too. 5-15% of people who are anorexic or bulimic are males,
and an estimated 35% of those with binge eating disorders are male.
3. People with bulimia nervosa are usually extremely thin.
False: Because “purging” (vomiting) follows an episode of binge eating, people
usually weigh within the normal range, or they may weigh above the normal range
for weight.
4. Eating disorders have some similarities to drug addictions.
True: Like drug addictions, people use eating disorders to hide from difficult
emotions. And eating disorders can take on the same characteristics as drug
addictions, which can control a person’s life.
5. More young women die each year from Anorexia Nervosa than from all other
causes.
True: The annual death rate for Anorexia is 12 times higher than the annual death
rate due to all other causes of death among females ages 15-24 in the general public.
The most common causes of death from Anorexia are complications such as heart
attack, organ failure and suicide.
Test Questions
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List 3 ways to help a friend you think has an eating
disorder.
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1. Call a hotline
2. Tell an adult
3. Talk to Counselor/Teacher
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Match the eating disorder with it’s definition.
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Anorexia- fear of becoming fat
Compulsive Exercise- exercising beyond safe limits.
Bulimia- eat a lot in a short time, vomit to get rid of food.
Compulsive Overeating- an addiction to food.
Binge- eat a lot in short time, get way too full.
List 2 risk factors that are associated with any eating disorder:
1. Heart Attack
2. Liver/Organ Failure