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Anorexia

Anorexia. By Hannah, Theresa, and Kyna. What is Anorexia?. Anorexia nervosa is a psychological disorder where someone has a distorted view of their body image and a fear of gaining weight, so they deliberately lose weight. History of Anorexia. Greek times: lack of knowledge led to Anorexia

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Anorexia

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  1. Anorexia By Hannah, Theresa, and Kyna

  2. What is Anorexia? • Anorexia nervosa is a psychological disorder where someone has a distorted view of their body image and a fear of gaining weight, so they deliberately lose weight.

  3. History of Anorexia • Greek times: lack of knowledge led to Anorexia • Middle ages: anorexic people were admired and thought of as holy because they could live off such a small amount of food. • Later, it was recognized as a disease and a very bad thing.

  4. Symptoms • Distorted body image • Intense fear of gaining weight • Refusal to maintain a healthy body weight • Avoiding food and meals • Weighing yourself often If these symptoms become apparent, seek help.

  5. Factors • It’s not hereditary, but if a family member is anorexic it may encourage you to become anorexic, too. • This disease often starts because of society, which says women and men should be unrealistically thin.

  6. Treatment • Nutritional counseling: helps to take charge of your weight in a healthy way • Family therapy: builds support amongst the household physically and mentally • Hospitalization: “feeds” the patient with liquid nutrients

  7. Life with Anorexia • Diet- person is not eating or getting all of the nutrients required to live and survive in a healthy way. • Exercise- people compulsively exercise, ridding themselves of even more nutrients and energy. • Medicine- medical tests are preformed to diagnose Anorexia • Family- family support can encourage whoever is suffering to seek help and can provide them with their help through the disorder.

  8. Management • Short-term: behavioral weight restoration therapy helps to give the patient more strength and begins the recovery process. • Long-term: psychotherapy helps to restore a sense of self-esteem and confidence in a patient, and to keep them from relapsing.

  9. Impact • Individual: weakness, dizziness, fatigue, low estrogen levels, stomach ulcers, weak bones, yellow skin, skipped menstrual cycles, and heart failure. • Family: breakdown of family unit, anger, guilt, depression, and disbelief.

  10. Fun Facts • 6% of all people diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa die- which is a greater mortality rate than any other mental disorder. Half of these people die from suicide. • 1 in every 100 girls and young women have anorexia. • People who suffer from anorexia should call the National Eating Disorders Association’s toll free hotline 1-800-931-2237. • Roughly 8 million Americans have an eating disorder, one million male and seven million female.

  11. Bibliography • "History Of Eating Disorders." - Home. Weebly. Web. 31 Jan. 2012. <http://prosetpointmovement.weebly.com/history-of-eating-disorders.html>. • Nordqvist, Christian. "What Is Anorexia? What Is Bulimia?" Medical News Today: Health News. Medical News Today, 23 Apr. 2008. Web. 31 Jan. 2012. <http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/105102.php>. • Bronson, Mary H., and Don Merki. Glencoe Health. New York: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2005. Print.

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