1. Eating Disorders
Chapter 11
Lesson 2

2. Your Body Image
The media & other influences can affect your body image
Must accept yourself!!
Have realistic expectations:
your heredity
realize that weight & body shape can change frequently & rapidly in teens

3. What are some unhealthy ways people try to lose weight?

4. Fad Diets
Weight loss plans that tend to be popular for only a short time
Neither safe nor reliable
Promise quick,
easy weight loss

5. What Are Eating Disorders?
Extreme, harmful eating behaviors that can cause serious illness or even death
Possible reason are:
Depression
Low self-esteem
Troubled personal relationships
Social & cultural forces that emphasize physical appearance
Can run in the family, genetics

6. Anorexia Nervosa
Irrational fear of weight gain leads people to starve themselves
Signs:
Avoiding food & meals
Eating only a few kinds of foods in small amounts
Weighing or counting calories in everything eaten
Exercising excessively
Weighing themselves repeatedly
May consume only a few 100 calories/day

7. Anorexia Nervosa Health consequences Malnutrition Starvation
Brittle bones
Body temp, heart rate & blood pressure all drop
Reduction in organ size
Heart problems
Sudden cardiac death

8. Bulimia Nervosa Cycles of bingeing & purging
Bingeing: eating large amounts of food in 1 sitting
Purging: vomiting/laxatives to rid body of food
Sufferers are typically in normal weight range unlike anorexics

9. Bulimia Nervosa Health consequences Dehydration Sore & inflamed throat
Swollen glands
Damaged teeth
Damage to stomach, intestines, or kidneys
Chemical imbalance = irregular heart rhythms, heart failure & death

10. Binge Eating Disorder
An eating disorder in which people overeat compulsively
Feels powerless to stop
More common in males
Leads to being overweight/obese

11. Seeking Help
Counseling, nutritional guidance, doctor’s care, even hospital stays!
Anorexia:
Restore body weight to healthy level, psychological & family therapy
Bulimia:
Break cycle, behavioral therapy, psychotherapy to deal with emotional problems