OBJECTIVESThe student will be able to:

Define body dysmorphiaRecognize facts about eating disordersDiscuss feeling about eating disordersDistinguish between healthy and unhealthy body self-imagesConclude if you might have a problemRecognize the internal and external factors that affect and perhaps explain reasoned action of body dysmorphia

WANTING TO BE WANTING TO BE WEIGHTLESSWEIGHTLESS

ABOUT 9 MILLION AMERICANS SUFFER FROM ANOREXIA OR BULIMIA NERVOSA

NORMAL EATING IS BEING ABLE TO EAT WHEN YOU ARE HUNGRY AND CONTINUE EATING UNTIL YOU ARE SATISFIED

“LOVE NOT WHAT

YOU ARE, BUT WHAT YOU MAY BECOME”

ANOREXIA IS CONSIDERED A

PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER

AMONG YOUNGER WOMEN, THE EXTREMLY THIN IDEAL OF FEMALE BEAUTY CREATES A NORMATIVE DISCONTENT WITH BODY WEIGHT

CAUCASIAN WOMEN

HAVE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF WEIGHT

CONTROL BEHAVIORS

ONE OUT OF SIX PEOPLE WITH AN EATING DISORDER IS MALE

DUE TO POOR NUTRITION PEOPLE WITH EATING DISORDERS BRUISE EASILY

BODY DYSMORPHIA OCCURS WHEN INDIVIDULES ARE CONSTANTLY PREOCCUPIED WITH THEIR APPEARANCE

DISORDERED EATING IS WHEN PEOPLE HAVE AN UNHEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND THEIR OWN BODIES

ANOREXIA IS AFFECTING OLDER PEOPLE IN RECORD NUMBERS

TWO OUT OF TEN ANOREXICS

WILL DIE FROM THEIR DISEASE

THE AVERAGE FASHION MODEL WEIGHS 25% LESS THAN THE AVERAGE WOMAN

THERE ARE PRO-ANOREXIA SITES OUT THERE THAT YOU NEED TO KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN AND OTHERS THAT ARE STRUGGLING WITH WEIGHT PROBLEMS

ADDITIONAL FACTS

• 15% OF WOMEN WITH DISORDERED EATING DIE PREMATURELY

• 25% -30% OF WOMEN WITH EATING DISORDERS WILL REMAIN CHRONICALLY ILL

• EATING DISORDERS ARE TREATABLE AND CAN BE HELPED

• EATING DISORDERS AGE AND DESTROY THE VICTIMS BODY, MIND, AND SPIRIT OVER TIME. AFTER TEARING THE VICTIM AND THEIR LOVED ONES LIVES APART IT KILLS THE VICTIM

BODY DYSMORPHIABODY DYSMORPHIA IS A DISORDER THAT OCCURS WHEN INDIVIDUALS ARE CONSTANTLY PREOCCUPIED WITH THEIR APPEARANCE. INDIVIDUALS WITH BD OBSESSIVLY FOCUS ON A DISLIKED BODY FEATURE AND THEIR OBSESSION INTERFERES WITH EVERYDAY LIFE. IT IS TRUE THAT ALMOST EVERYONE HAS SOME BODY FEATURE THEY WOULD LIKE TO MODIFY, BUT AN INDIVIDUAL WITH BD WILL GO TO GREAT LENGTHS TO MODIFY OR COVER THE BODYSITE.

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