Eating Disorders

1. Eating Disorders Just be you because those who mind, don’t matter and those who matter, don’t mind. Laura Gardner Period 2 Intro to Health Sciences

2. Mental disorder that reveals itself through abnormal behaviors related to food • More than just food • Emotions, thoughts, and attitudes • What types of eating disorders have you heard about? • Anorexia Nervosa • Bulimia • Binge Eating Disorder Eating Disorders

3. What is the first thing that comes to mind when I say the word THANKSGIVING? • Can be a source of anxiety • Does not eat enough food to maintain a healthy body weight • Normal appetite & hunger pains • Symptoms • Extreme weight loss • Slowed heart and breathing rates • Dry skin • Fine body hair • Loss of menstrual period • 90% of all cases are female Anorexia Nervosa

4. Health Risks-Addiction • See themselves as fat • Work harder to lose weight • Excessive exercise or diet • Lack of essential minerals causes heart to suddenly stop Anorexia Nervosa

5. Possible Causes • Usually a good student • Lack of a certain chemical that regulates mood • Low self-esteem • Troubled relationships • A person with a parent or sibling with an eating disorder are far likelier to develop one themselves Anorexia Nervosa

6. Treatment • First treated in hospitals • Doctors, nurses, and dietitians • Stop weight loss and change eating habits • Mental health experts • Correct emotional problems • Family help Anorexia Nervosa

7. How can I tell if my friend Kim has anorexia or is just dieting? • Anorexia literally means “lack of appetite.” Why is that a misconception of those with the disorder? • Discuss diet with friends or secretive? • Excited to share weight loss or try to hide it? • Goal for losing weight? • They have normal appetite and hunger, they just choose not to give in. • Talk to a trusted adult if worried Learning Log

8. Go on uncontrolled eating binges followed by purging, or removing, the food from their bodies • Vomiting • Usually 2 times a week for 3 months to be bulimia • Laxatives • 90 to 95% of cases are female • Too much food too quickly • Bathroom visits right after eating Bulimia

9. Health Risks • Maintain normal body weight • Dehydration causing kidney damage • Lack of vitamins and minerals • Stomach acid • Inflames or causes tears in the throat • Erodes teeth enamel • Depression and suicide • Vomiting can decrease heart rate which weakens the heart causing failure Bulimia

10. Possible Causes • Use food to feel better emotionally (relieve feelings of depression) then purge in order to not gain weight • Low self-esteem • Troubled relationships Bulimia

11. Treatments • Aware but unable to control behavior • Too ashamed to seek help • Offer private support • Encourage to seek help from mental-health expert • Psychotherapy, antidepressants, and nutritional counseling Bulimia

12. Are athletes at risk for eating disorders? Why or why not? • Some sports have certain weight restrictions causing athletes to starve to make weight • Female triad • Lose weight to increase performance (eating disorder) • Exercise so much and not eat enough that period is stopped • Osteoporosis is a weakening of the bones due to the loss of bone density and improper bone formation. Learning Log

13. Before we started this unit, what did you think mental disorders were? Now that we are into it, has your opinion changed? • Make your own decisions and leave your own legacy. • Morgan Neibar period 2 Learning Log

14. Regularly have an uncontrollable urge to eat large amounts of food • Don’t not purge or binge • Can’t stop eating once full • Intention to eat 2 slices of bread and end up eating the whole loaf • Used for coping with stress, depression, or anxiety Binge Eating Disorder

15. Health Risks • Excess weight gain • Unhealthy diet • Diabetes • High blood pressure • Try extreme weight loss diets • Hunger causes more bingeing • Yo-yo effect Binge Eating Disorder

16. Possible Causes • Never properly learned how to deal with stress • Avoid dealing with emotions or stressful situations • Food provides temporary relief but can lead to guilt or depression • Family that tends to overeat • Treatment • Eat more slowly and deliberately • Address underlying emotional problems Binge Eating Disorder

17. Does this count as a binge eating? • Why or why not? Learning Log

18. Group write-Paragraph of signs and symptoms and health risks • Alexis is 15. At 5’4” tall and 125 pounds, she looks in the mirror and sees a fat person. At dinner, she has started telling her parents, “I’m not hungry – I’ll eat later.” But Alexis doesn’t eat later because she has begun to starve herself in secret. For the past week, she’s been eating about 400 calories per day. • Justin is a wrestler – the best in his weight class. But he needs to stay in that weight class. If he gains just 5 pounds, he’ll get bumped up a class and have to wrestle larger guys and possibly lose. Justin exercises obsessively. He also takes laxatives to lose weight, and he has thrown up a few times after friends dragged him out for fast food. Justin even stops drinking water a day before he gets weighed for a match. • Emma is so fit and healthy, she doesn’t even get her period anymore – or at least, that’s how Emma sees it. As a top high school athlete, she trains all the time. Without the knowledge of her parents or coach, she has also dropped her intake to 800 calories per day. If she goes over, she makes herself throw up. Learning Log