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 RICHIE OLSEN 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 TEEH FROM 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    TALK TO:  PARENTS  TEACHERS  GUIDANCE COUNSELOR REMEMBER !