Transcript What is Bulimia?

Eating disorder : the wrong way to
perfect yourself.
In man, all should be fine…
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What Is Anorexia?
Symptoms of Anorexia
Medical Consequences of
anorexia
Genetic factors
Psychological factors
Social factors
Anorexia Statistics
What is Bulimia ?
What Causes Bulimia?
Medical complications from
bulimia
Symptoms of Bulimia
Risk Factors of Bulimia
Bulimia Statistics
Difference between anorexia and
bulimia
Solution to the problem
Literature
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What is anorexia?
• Anorexia is an eating and
psychosomatic disorder.
• Anorexics have an intense
fear of becoming fat.
• Anorexia mainly affects
adolescent girls.
Symptoms of Anorexia
• Dramatic weight loss
• Fixation on body image
• Obsession with calories, fat
grams, and nutrition
• Throwing up after eating
Medical Consequences of
Anorexia.
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Loss of menstrual cycle
Low Blood Sugar
Weakness and Fatigue
Enamel erosion in teeth
Genetic factors
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Body dissatisfaction
Dieting
Perfectionism
Childhood sexual
abuse
• Family history of
eating disorders
Psychological factors
• Women who are
sexually or physically
abused often
develop ED.
• Women who struggle
with their identity or
who feel incapable of
dealing with change
are also at increased
risk of becoming
anorexic.
Social Factors
• Narrow definitions of
beauty that include
only women and men
of specific body
weights and shapes.
• Cultural pressures that
glorify thinness and
place value on
obtaining the "perfect
body."
Anorexia Statistics
• One in 200 American
women suffers from
anorexia
• An estimated 10 – 15%
of people with anorexia
are males
• Only 1 in 10 people with
ED receive treatment
• 95% of those who have
ED are between the
ages of 12 and 25
What is Bulimia?
• Regular episodes of
out-of-control binge
eating
• Inappropriate
behavior to prevent
weight gain
• Self-worth is
excessively influenced
by weight and
physical appearance
What causes Bulimia?
Medical complications from bulimia
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Decrease in libido
Disruption in the
normal bowel
release function.
Hoarseness
Symptoms of Bulimia
• Using the bathroom
frequently after meals
• Bloodshot eyes
• Depression or mood swings
Risk factors of Bulimia
• Being a woman
• Having mental health
problems
• Having low self-esteem
• Being addicted to illegal
drugs or alcohol
Bulimia Statistics
• Children as young as 6
years have been known to
have develop bulimia
• 64% are near a normal
weight range
Difference between anorexia and bulimia
• Anorexia is more
common in teenagers,
while bulimia is more
often seen in women
in their 20's
• Anorexia is selfstarvation
• Bulimia is ''bingepurge''
Solution to the problem
• You must crave for recover
• Undegro a course of
medical treatment in clinic
• Fell in love with yourself
that what you are
Literature
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Wikipedia
Agras, W. S. Eating disorders:
Management of obesity, bulimia,
and anorexia nervosa.
Fairburn, C. G., Jones, R., et al.
Three psychological treatments
for bulimia nervosa: A
comparative trial.
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