Transcript Eating Disorders - foodsciencetech

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What is it?
Who gets it?
Recovery
Symptoms/treatments
Personality types
How does it start?
Statistics
What does it do to your body?
Eating Disorders Research
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Anorexia Nervosa
Bulimia Nervosa
Anorexia Athletica
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Binge Eating Disorder
Pica
Rumination Disorder
Gourmand Syndrome
Prader-Willi Syndrome
Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome
Orthorexia Nervosa
Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder (Bigorexia)
Night-eating Syndrome
Chewing and Spitting
Eating Disorders
Ch 14
An Eating Disorder is an abnormal eating pattern that
endangers physical and mental health.
Characteristics of Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are most common among teenage and
young adult women.
Anorexia Nervosa
• fear of becoming overweight
• Poor body image (see self as overweight)
• Low sense of self-worth
• preoccupation with food
• distorted feelings about hunger and satiety (fullness)
• emotionally withdrawn from friends
• High achievement orientation
• High stress levels
• Secretive eating behaviors
Anorexics often skip meals. When they do sit down for
a meal, they are likely to eat very little. Some take
laxatives or diet pills to lose weight. Others may exercise
excessively.
Physical symptoms include:
-large drop in weight
-Amenorrhea
-Restlessness/irritability
-Feels cold
-Growth of fine hair over body
-Slowing of normal growth and development
-Muscle tissue wasting
-Drop in blood pressure and pulse
-Osteoporosis
Bulimia Nervosa
Bingeing is uncontrolled eating of huge amounts of food.
Purging is meant to prevent weight gain by clearing the
food from the digestive system. Name possible ways.
Bulimics repeat the binge/purge cycle at least twice weekly.
They often come from a family or social group where
weight and appearance are important. They think about
food constantly. They know their eating patterns aren’t
normal so they do it in secret. They are average weight.
Physical symptoms of Bulimia
• swollen glands in the throat
• stomach acids burn esophagus
• acid destroys tooth enamel
• loss of water and minerals
• electrolyte imbalances
• heart and liver damage
• death
Binge Eating Disorder
It involves repeatedly eating very large amounts of food.
They rapidly overeat until they are uncomfortably full,
however, they do not engage in a follow-up behavior
to prevent weight gain.
They are likely to drop out of weight loss programs due
to emotional stress.
Discuss other eating disorders.
Probable Causes of Eating
Disorders
Social Influences
• media emphasis on thinness
• changing role expectations for women- career, success,
and family
Psychological Influences
• a need for control
• poor self-esteem
• need for acceptance and approval
•Unrealistic self-expectations
• inability to cope
•Family stresses
Genetic Influences
• harmonal imbalance
• depression
• other medical causes
Risk Among Teens
Their lives are in a state of physical, social, and emotional
change. Teens are especially vulnerable to such feelings
As rejection, worthlessness, and guilt.
Risk Among Athletes
They are at higher risk because many coaches focus on
body weight during training.
Female athlete triad is a set of medical problems
including eating disorder, amenorrhea, and osteoporosis
What Help Is Available?
People need professional help to overcome eating disorders
The recovery rate is much higher if they get early treatment.
• attend to physical health problems first
• may include family in therapy
• psychological help
• taught to build new controls into their lives
• may include outpatient treatment
• may be put on antidepressants
• support groups provide continuing encouragement
Helping a Friend with an Eating
Disorder
Let your friend know you are concerned.
If your friend is not receptive to your concern, seek help
from their parent or a counselor.