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Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders
• Extreme eating behaviors that can lead to serious health problems and even death
• Unhealthy behavior related to food, eating, and weight
• These are hid from friends and family(usually)• More common
– Among females– Teen years and early adulthood
• Estimated that from 1-10% of all teens suffer from an eating disorder
Anorexia Nervosa
• Type of eating disorder that involves an irresistible urge to lose weight through self-starvation and a refusal to maintain a normal body weight
• There are many approaches– Refusing to eat– Laxatives– Diet Pills
Binge Eating Disorder
• Type of eating disorder involving a lack of control while eating huge quantities of food at one time– Bingeing
• Usually happens when a person is emotionally upset or under severe stress
Bulimia Nervosa
• Involves episodes of binge eating followed by purging– The use of self-induced vomiting, laxatives,
or vigorous activities to prevent weight gain
• Usually within 10-15 pounds of a healthy weight
Effects of Eating Disorders
• Create serious health problems• Anorexia can result in:
– Lowered heart rate and body temperature– Constipation– Lowered blood pressure and breathing rate– Heart problems– Osteoporosis– Brain damage– Stunted growth
• About 10% of all individuals with anorexia will die of starvation
Effects of Eating Disorders
• Binge Eating disorder– Gain weight – Develop the same health problems as
overweight people– Very distressed about their binge eating
Effects of Eating Disorders
• Bulimia– Lose Fluids and potassium
• Results in fatigue, kidney problems, heart damage
– Vomiting damages • Esophagus• teeth • gums
– Salivary glands enlarge– May rupture the esophagus– Soar throats
What can be Done?
• Realize that a person with an eating disorder has an illness
• Most can not stop the self-destructing behaviors on their own
Recognizing Eating Disorders
Anorexia warning signs:
rapidly losing large amounts of weight
Eating little
Exercising for hours
Sensitivity to cold temperatures
Preoccupied with food and calories
Spending time alone
Avoiding friends
Recognizing Eating Disorders
• Binge Eating or Bulimia– Warning signs are more challenging to pick
up on• Often successful in hiding their problems• Tend to eat in secret
Recognizing Eating Disorders
• Bulimia– They have no control over their unusual eating
habits– Embarrassed by their lack of self-control– Preoccupation with food and eating– Leaving the table immediately after eating
• Usually going to the bathroom to purge
– Great fluctuations in weight– Dependency on laxatives, water pills, or diet pills– Physical changes
• Swollen glands or teeth problems
Getting Help
• Treatment usually requires professional help– Includes nutritional and psychological
counseling as well as medical help• Often includes hospitalization in an eating
disorders clinic
Treatment Options• Medical Nutrition therapy
• Focuses on nutrition education
• Behavioral therapy• Focuses on changing eating habits
• Cognitive behavioral therapy• Focuses on changing unrealistic thinking
• Family therapy• Focuses on developing supportive family attitudes
• Drug therapy• May involve antidepressant medication if a patient does
not respond to other therapies
Dying to be Thin
• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/thin/program.html
Quiz
• List four characteristics of anorexia.• What types of treatment are available to
persons who suffer from eating disorders?• In recent years, a number of celebrities have
admitted to having eating disorders. Do you think such publicity has a positive or negative effect? Explain.