1. 7 Letters What is the word?
Monday, March 3
7 Letters What is the word?
Eating Disorders
Video “Starving for Control” Video Reflection
Eating Disorders Notes
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Mental Illness Research
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3. Section 4.2 Eating Disorders Objectives
Identify health risks associated with anorexia.
Explain the relationship between bulimia and dieting.
List the main health risks of binge eating disorder.

4. What might cause someone to develop an eating disorder?

5. VIDEO
Starving for Control

6. Eating Disorders Statistics
Myth Eating disorders affect only females.
Fact Eating disorders affect females more than males, but males do develop eating disorders. Because of this myth males are even less likely than females to seek help for an eating disorder.
What factors other than gender might keep someone from seeking help for an eating disorder?
Eating Disorders Statistics

7. Anorexia Nervosa
An eating disorder is a mental disorder that reveals itself through abnormal behaviors related to food.
A person with anorexia nervosa doesn’t eat enough food to maintain a healthy body weight.
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8. Anorexia Nervosa Health Risks
A person with anorexia can starve to death.
In some cases, a lack of essential minerals causes the heart to stop suddenly, leading to death.

9. Anorexia Nervosa Possible Causes
The lack of a chemical that regulates mood is one possible cause of anorexia.
Other possible causes are low self-esteem and a strong desire to please others.

10. Anorexia Nervosa Treatment
Doctors, nurses, and dietitians work together to stop the weight loss and change a person’s eating habits.
At the same time, mental health experts work with the patient and family members to address the underlying emotional problems.

11. Bulimia Health Risks Possible Causes Treatment
People who have bulimia go on uncontrolled eating binges followed by purging, or removing, the food from their bodies.
Most people with bulimia may suffer from dehydration, kidney damage, and a lack of necessary vitamins and minerals.
Health Risks
Bulimia may begin in connection with a diet, but the person soon becomes unable to stop the cycle of binging and purging.
Possible Causes
People who have bulimia are aware of what they are doing, but they are unable to control their behavior.
Treatment

14. Binge Eating Disorder
People with binge eating disorder regularly have an uncontrollable urge to eat large amounts of food.
They usually do not purge after a binge.
Treatment
People with binge eating disorder need help in learning how to control their eating.
Health Risks
The main physical risks of binge eating disorder are excess weight gain and unhealthy dieting.
They often need to address underlying emotional problems.
Possible Causes
Some people use binge eating to avoid dealing with difficult emotions, such as anger, or with stressful situations.

15. Vocabulary eating disorder
A mental disorder that reveals itself through abnormal behaviors related to food.
anorexia nervosa
An eating disorder in which a person doesn’t eat enough food to maintain a healthy body weight.
bulimia
An eating disorder in which a person has uncontrolled eating binges followed by purging.
binge eating disorder
An eating disorder in which a person regularly has an uncontrollable urge to eat large amounts of food, but without purging.

16. Key Ideas and Vocabulary
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17. Key Ideas and Vocabulary
What is an eating disorder?
Mental disorder that reveals itself through abnormal behaviors related to food.
What health risks are associated with anorexia?
Risks include starvation and cardiac arrest.
What is bulimia? Explain the connection between bulimia and dieting.
Bulimia is characterized by uncontrollable eating followed by purging. Purging is used to lose or maintain weight.
What health risks are possible for someone with binge eating disorder?
Excess weight gain and unhealthy dieting.