Healthy Weight Management Tips and Warning Signs for Eating Disorders

1. Section2 Maintaining a Healthy Weight Chapter 8 Bellringer • List some popular diets and comment on whether you think they are safe and effective.

2. Weight Management and Eating Behaviors Chapter 8 Objectives • Evaluate the dangers of fad diets and weight-loss practices. • Discuss the relationship between body image and eating disorders. • Describe the type of individual who is most at risk for an eating disorder. • List the symptoms and health dangers of the most common eating disorders. • Identify ways to help a friend who you think is developing an eating disorder. • Identify health organizations in your community that help people with eating disorders.

3. Section2 Maintaining a Healthy Weight Chapter 8 Dangerous Weight-Loss Practices • Many weight-loss products and programs fail to provide healthy long-term weight management. • Fad diets • Diet pills • Surgery • The only safe and reliable way to manage your weight is to balance food intake with exercise.

4. Section2 Maintaining a Healthy Weight Chapter 8 Dangerous Weight-Loss Practices • Fad diets – major changes and quick results • Difficult to follow and don’t meet nutrient needs • Weight typically comes back b/c not a behavior change • Diet pills • Not a behavior change • Surgery is usually a last resort • Higher cost and risks associated • Can gain weight if behavior change doesn’t accompany surgery

5. Section2 Maintaining a Healthy Weight Chapter 8 Dangerous Weight-Loss Practices • The only safe and reliable way to manage your weight is to balance food intake with exercise. • Eat a balanced diet/ change your eating habits

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7. Section3 Eating Disorders Chapter 8 What Are Eating Disorders? • Eating disorders are conditions that involve an unhealthy degree of concern about body weight and shape and that may lead to efforts to control weight by unhealthy means. • Body image is how you see and feel about your appearance and your body. • Culture and society affect what we think of as a perfect body.

8. Section3 Eating Disorders Chapter 8 A Closer Look at Eating Disorders • Body image is just one factor that can contribute to eating disorders. Other factors include genetics, culture, personality, emotions, and family. • If you have concerns about food or your appearance that have led to trouble in school, at home, or with your friends, consult a parent, doctor, or other trusted adult.

9. Section3 Eating Disorders Chapter 8 A Closer Look at Eating Disorders • If you think a friend has an eating disorder, tell your friend about your concern, and help him or her to face the problem. Contact an adult if necessary.