Myths Vs. Realities 1.Only teenage girls suffer from eating disorders. 2.You can never fully recover from an eating disorder. 3.Eating disorders are only a problem with food. 4.Bulimics always purge by vomiting. 5.You can always tell someone is anorexic by their appearance. 6.You cannot die from bulimia. 7.People cannot have more than one eating disorder.

Explain the different types of eating disorders List the possible causes of eating disorders Explain our barriers to accepting our bodies List the medical complications of eating disorders Identify possible signs of an eating disorder

“The Starvation Disease” Accomplishes weight loss through reducing total food intake, dieting, fasting, or extreme exercise. Intense fear of gaining weight although currently underweight. Individual becomes overly concerned with food, weight, calories, exercise. Body weight loss exceeds 25% of total body weight Absence of 3 consecutive menstrual cycles.

“The binge and purge disease” Secretive cycles of binging followed by purging The individual is caught up in the hopeless cycle between the desire to be thin, and the need to eat as much as you want. Usually maintains a normal weight. Weight gain controlled through use of vomiting, laxatives, enemas, and fasting. Two types: –Purging: use of vomiting or laxatives to control weight. –Non-purging: use of fasting, excessive exercise, to balance moments of binging.

A combination of anorexia and bulimia Involves extreme dieting and purging of any food eaten Very serious, as with the other eating disorders, death my occur.

Periods of continuous eating, but do not purge. Large amounts of food are eaten in short periods of time. More common in males than any other eating disorder. Consequences include becoming overweight or obese.

a. Culture issues: our culture encourages people to base their self –worth on weight and shape. b. Psychological Issues: a means of numbing pain, attempt to change low self- esteem, means to be in control, ect. c. Personality Traits: Perfectionist, All or nothing thinking, Type A personality. d. Learned Behavior: See mom, sister, friend ect…

a. Rapid weight loss b. Preoccupation with food, weight, calories, body image exercise c. Disruption of eating patterns d. Cover or hide food with napkin or other food e. Denial of a problem when confronted f. Social withdrawal g. Paleness and complaints of feeling lightheaded h. Evidence (wrappers, bottles) of laxatives, diuretics, ect. i. Evidence of self induced vomit (bathroom smells, going to the bathroom immediately after eating, chipmunk facial features)

a. Malnourishment b. Heart failure c. Loss of menstrual period (infertility) d. Lowered resistance to infection e. Loss of muscle tissue f. Emaciation (wasting away) g. Osteoporosis h. Fatigue

Headaches Tooth decay and gum erosion Swollen glands Constipation Pneumonia-aspirating vomit Rupture of esophagus (throat) Regurgitated stomach acid erodes esophagus, gums, teeth, tongue, fingers, ect… Bad breath Dehydration Don’t forget the emotional and social complications of eating disorders. (Strained family relationships, loss of friends, inability to engage in sports or dance, distorted thoughts and feelings, loss of emotional equilibrium ect. ) IT IS NOT WORTH IT!

Justine started eating paper when she was 5, because she worried that she was chubby like she was in her baby pictures. She ate as many as 10 pieces of paper a day. Believing that if she filled up on paper, rather than real food she would not get fat. “I thought if I ate my regular meals that I would get heavy and people would make fun of me," Justine said. One night Gallagher walked into her daughter's bedroom and found her running laps with a timer. "She said, 'I ate too much today. I have to exercise.' That was really the breaking point," Gallagher said. She took Justine to Sacker, who recognized that the 5-year-old had an eating disorder. Justine Gallagher seems like an ordinary teenager; she wears skin tight clothing, worries about her figure and picks out each new outfit when she goes shopping with her mom. The extraordinary thing about Sydney is that she is only 6 years old. “I think my sweat pants make my legs look fat” “I don’t want the fat to spread all over my body”