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

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