CHAPTER SIX LESSON THREE EATING DISORDERS

OBJECTIVES IDENTIFY TWO CHARACTERISTICS OF A FAD DIET. DESCRIBE THREE POSSIBLE CAUSES OF EATING DISORDERS. DESCRIBE THREE TYPES OF EATING DISORDERS.

BELLRINGER IN AS MUCH DETAIL AS YOU CAN, DESCRIBE A DIET THAT YOU HAVE SEEN ADVERTISED. WRITE A SHORT PARAGRAPH THAT DISCUSSES HOW EFFECTIVE YOU THINK THIS DIET MAY BE.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION HOW DO EATING DISORDERS DEVELOP?

DEFINITIONS SKIPPING MEALS, EATING ONLY CERTAIN FOODS, EATING LARGE AMOUNTS OF FOOD AT ONE TIME, USING DIET PILLS, OR FOLLOWING UNHEALTHY DIETS ARE EXAMPLES OF UNHEALTHY EATING BEHAVIORS. FAD DIETS ARE EATING PLANS THAT PROMISE QUICK WEIGHT LOSS WITH LITTLE EFFORT. WHAT IS OVEREXERCISING? WHEN A PERSON EXERCISES HARDER AND FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME THAN IS HEALTHY, THAT PERSON IS OVEREXERCISING. WHY DO PEOPLE OVEREXERCISE? PEOPLE MAY OVEREXERCISE BECAUSE THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR WEIGHT OR BECAUSE THEY FEEL THE NEED TO BE BETTER AT ATHLETICS.

DEFINITIONS EATING DISORDERS- AN EATING DISORDER IS A DISEASE IN WHICH A PERSON HAS AN UNHEALTHY CONCERN WITH HIS OR HER BODY WEIGHT AND SHAPE. SOME TYPES OF EATING DISORDERS INCLUDE: 1. ANOREXIA NERVOSA ANOREXIA NERVOSA IS AN EATING DISORDER THAT INCLUDES SELF- STARVATION, AN UNHEALTHY BODY IMAGE, AND EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS. 2. BULIMIA NERVOSA BULIMIA NERVOSA IS AN EATING DISORDER IN WHICH A PERSON EATS A LARGE AMOUNT OF FOOD AND THEN TRIES TO RID THEIR BODY OF THE FOOD. 3. BINGE EATING DISORDER BINGE EATING DISORDER IS A DISEASE IN WHICH A PERSON HAS DIFFICULTY CONTROLLING HOW MUCH HE OR SHE EATS BUT DOES NOT PURGE. IN MANY CASES, A PERSON WHO HAS THIS DISEASE SUFFERS FROM DEPRESSION AS WELL. PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM THIS DISEASE USUALLY BECOME VERY OVERWEIGHT.