Poor body image may lead to unhealthful and harmful eating behaviors.

Poor body image may lead to unhealthful and harmful eating behaviors.

body image • fad diets • weight cycling • eating disorders • anorexia nervosa • bulimia nervosa • binge eating disorder

Your Body Image • The media and other influences can affect your body image. • Try to accept yourself the way you are.

Your Body Image • When you look in the mirror, do you like what you see? If the answer is yes, that means that your body image is positive. Body image The way you see your body

Your Body Image • Peers and media images can influence body image. • Images shown in the media aren’t always realistic.

Accepting Yourself Physical Change Affect Growth Spurts May cause some teens to look thin. Hormonal Changes May cause other teens to gain weight.

Fad Diets • Fad diets are neither safe nor reliable ways to lose weight. • People on fad diets may lose weight temporarily, but they usually regain it after going off the diet.

Fad Diets • Teens who want to lose weight may be tempted to try fad diets that promise quick, easy weight loss. Fad diets Weight-loss plans that tend to be popular for only a short time

Fad Diets • People who follow fad diets may fall into weight cycling. Weight cycling A repeated pattern of losing and regaining body weight

Types of Fad Diets Miracle Foods Magic Combinations Fasting Types of Fad Diets Diet Pills Liquid Diets

Recognizing Fad Diets • Any diet plan that does not follow the MyPyramid guidelines may deprive your body of nutrients.

Eating Disorders • Eating disorders are extreme and dangerous eating behaviors that require medical attention. • Eating disorders are classified as mental illnesses.

Eating Disorders • Eating disorders are often linked to depression, low self-esteem, or troubled personal relationships. Eating disorders Extreme, harmful eating behaviors that can cause serious illness or even death

Eating Disorders • Social and cultural forces that emphasize physical appearance can play a role in eating disorders. • Research also suggests that genetics may be a factor in the development of eating disorders.

Anorexia Nervosa • People with anorexia nervosa see themselves unrealistically as overweight even when they are dangerously thin. Anorexia nervosa An eating disorder in which an irrational fear of weight gain leads people to starve themselves

Anorexia Nervosa avoiding food and meals eating only a few kinds of food in small amounts People with anorexia develop obsessive behaviors related to food, such as: weighing or counting the calories in everything they eat exercising excessively weighing themselves repeatedly

Anorexia Nervosa Brittle bones Drop in body temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure Possible health consequences Reduction in organ size Heart problems and sudden cardiac death

Bulimia Nervosa • People with bulimia nervosa regularly binge then purge. Bulimia nervosa An eating disorder that involves cycles of overeating and purging, or attempts to rid the body of food

Bulimia Nervosa • Bingingiseating a huge amount of food in a single sitting. • Purging is forcing vomiting, taking laxatives to flush food out of the system, or fasting or exercising frantically after a binge.

Bulimia Nervosa Dehydration Sore and inflamed throat Swollen glands Possible health consequences Damaged teeth Damage to the stomach, intestines, or kidneys Irregular heart rhythms, heart failure, and death

Binge Eating Disorder • People with binge eating disorder do not purge. Binge eating disorder an eating disorder in which people overeat compulsively

Binge Eating Disorder • Consequences of binge eating disorder include: Developing the health problems associated with obesity Becoming overweight or obese

Seeking Help • Eating disorders are serious illnesses that require medical help. • Medical help may involve counseling, nutritional guidance, a doctor’s care, and, in extreme cases, a hospital stay.

Seeking Help • If you think that you or someone you know may have an eating disorder, talk to a trusted adult, such as a parent, counselor, or school nurse.

After You ReadReviewing Facts and Vocabulary • List two factors that influence body image. • Any two: Insecurity about physical changes during adolescence, images in the media, attitudes of friends and family

After You ReadReviewing Facts and Vocabulary • Define fad diets. • Fad diets are weight-loss plans that tend to be popular for only a short time.

After You ReadReviewing Facts and Vocabulary • List three types of eating disorders. • Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder

Poor body image may lead to unhealthful and harmful eating behaviors.