Eating Disorders
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Transcript of Eating Disorders
EATING DISORDERS
WHAT IS BODY IMAGE? How you see your body and the way you feel about it
People with eating disorders have a distorted body image
ANOREXIA WHAT IS ANEROXIA?
A DISEASE IN WHICH A PERSON STARVES THEMSELVES
WARNING SIGNS OF ANEROXIA
INTENSE FEAR OF GAINING WEIGHT SKIPS MEALS BY MAKING UP EXCUSES WILL NOT EAT INFRONT OF OTHERS WEARS BAGGY CLOTHING DENIAL OF HUNGER EXCESSIVE EXERCISING HAIR GROWTH ON BODY AND FACE HAIR LOSS ON HEAD ABSENT OR IRREGULAR MENSTRUAL PERIOD READS FOOD LABELS CONSTANTLY MOODY/IRRITABLE/DEPRESS/LONELY/ANXIOUS
NICOLE
RICHIEOLSEN TWINS
"I spent my entire life being obsessed with dieting,“"Bingeing and then fasting or starving. Forbidding everything. That's how I used to be: up and down 5 pounds every single day, to the extremes. My metabolism was totally wrecked."
“For many years, I was obsessed about what I was eating, how many calories it had, and how much exercise I'd have to do."
BULIMIA WHAT IS BUILIMA
Frequent episodes of binge eating followed by one of the following Vomiting Using laxatives Fasting Over exercising
A person who binges and purges regularly Someone with this eating disorder can be normal
weight or even overweight
THIS IS WHAT EVENTUALLY HAPPENS TO YOUR TEEHFROM PURGING
A PERSON BINGE EATING
THEN…
THEY MIGHT PURGE, USE A LAXITIVE OR FAST
FREQUENT TRIPS TO THE BATHROOM
WARNING SIGNS OF BULIMIA
Worried about body weight Excessive food consumption Frequent trips to the bathroom Blood shot eyes Sore throat Dental problems (tooth enamel wears
away) Very upset with body size, shape and
weight
Women are at a higher risk for eating disorders
That does not mean that men do not have them
CONSEQUENCES OF POOR NUTRITION
SHORT TERM CONSEQUENCES HUNGER AGGITATION LACK OF FOCUS MOODINESS
LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES OBESITY HEART DISEASE DIABETES OSTEOPOROSIS
HELP! – RESOURCES FOR YOU OR FRIEND
WWW.NATIONALEATINGDISORDERS.ORG
WWW.SOMETHING-FISHY.ORG
TALK TO: PARENTS TEACHERS GUIDANCE
COUNSELOR
REMEMBER!