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Eating Disorder
Chapter 4.2
Video – Starving for Control
Do the images show a narrow range of body shapes
and sizes?
Are the females in the images taller and thinner than
typical teenage girls?
Eating
Disorders
Are the males in the images taller and more muscular
than typical teenage boys?
Are there stories about people who are dieting, bulking
up, or getting a makeover?
Does the magazine make you feel dissatisfied with
your body?
Write a short paragraph summarizing what you learned.
How did looking at the images affect you?
Mental disorder that reveals itself
through abnormal behaviors related to
food
More than just food
Emotions, thoughts, and attitudes
Eating
Disorders
What types of eating disorders have you
heard about?
Anorexia Nervosa
Bulimia
Binge Eating Disorder
What is the first thing that comes to mind when I
say the word THANKSGIVING?
Can be a source of anxiety
Anorexia
Nervosa
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
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
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
Treatment
First treated in hospitals
Doctors, nurses, and dietitians
Stop weight loss and change eating
habits
Mental health experts
Correct emotional problems
Family help
Bulimia
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
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
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
Treatments
Aware but unable to control behavior
Too ashamed to seek help
Offer private support
Encourage to seek help from mentalhealth expert
Psychotherapy, antidepressants, and
nutritional counseling
Venn Diagram
Learning Log
Possible Causes, Treatments,
Symptoms, & Health Risks
Bulimia
Anorexia
Binge Eating
Disorder
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
Health Risks
Excess weight gain
Unhealthy diet
Diabetes
High blood pressure
Try extreme weight loss diets
Fad diets
Hunger causes more bingeing
Yo-yo effect
Binge Eating
Disorder
Possible Causes
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
Learning Log
Quick Write
Pick one of the eating disorders we just
learned about and write a ½ - 1 page
description of what you think your day
would be like with the eating disorder.
Please include the stresses or emotions
that you think you would feel, the guilt
or shame from hiding it from friends
and loved ones, the hunger pains from
not eating, etc…
Eating disorder – mental disorder that reveals itself
through abnormal behaviors related to foods
Vocabulary
Anorexia Nervosa – eating disorder in which a person
does not at enough food to maintain a healthy body
weight
Bulimia – an eating disorder in which a person goes on
uncontrollable eating binges followed by purging, or
removing, the food from their bodies
Binge Eating – having an uncontrollable urge to eat
large amounts of food