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Food for Thought Eating Disorders Are Complex, Serious

Youth Culture Lesson Finding Teachable Moments in Culture From YouthWorker Journal and youthworker.com. Food for Thought Eating Disorders Are Complex, Serious. By Paul Asay Posted: Aug. 28, 2009. What Happened:.

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Food for Thought Eating Disorders Are Complex, Serious

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  1. Youth Culture LessonFinding Teachable Moments in CultureFrom YouthWorker Journal and youthworker.com Food for Thought Eating Disorders Are Complex, Serious By Paul Asay Posted: Aug. 28, 2009

  2. What Happened: A woman recently filed suit against the Pittsburgh Public School District, saying that her sixth-grade daughter developed anorexia after some boys in her class told her she was fat.

  3. What Happened: The girl, whose name was not mentioned in the lawsuit, eventually enrolled in a treatment program because her weight was “dangerously low” and now attends another school.

  4. What Happened: Eating experts say, however, that while bullying may have helped spark the girl’s anorexia, eating disorders are far more complex. “With eating disorders, we say you’re born with a gun and life pulls the trigger,” says Lynn Grefe, CEO of the National Eating Disorders Association.

  5. What Happened: According to Grefe, people prone to eating disorders tend already to be: • Perfectionists; • Anxious; and/or • Obsessive-compulsive.

  6. What Happened: “The person’s often a real high achiever, and if you put those people in a situation and then their world comes crashing down, they get triggered,” Grefe says.

  7. Talk About It: We all know that it’s not healthy to be too heavy, but being too thin can be a big problem, too. Do you know anyone who thinks he or she needs to lose weight when, in fact, gaining weight would be beneficial?

  8. Talk About It: Just because someone’s thin doesn’t mean he or she is anorexic, but some common warning signs can include: • Dieting constantly, even when without need; • Complaining about feeling bloated or nauseated after eating a normal amount of food; • Weighing themselves a lot; and • Thinning hair. Do you know anyone with these warning signs? Source: The Renfrew Center

  9. Talk About It: Eating disorders such as anorexia often are classified as a disease. Do you think people who aren’t anorexic worry too much about their weight? Why?

  10. What theBible Says: “Then God said, ‘I gave you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.’” Gen. 1:29 “And put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony.” Prov. 23:2

  11. What the Bible Says: “Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? “Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.” Isaiah 55:2 “You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God…” Joel 2:26

  12. What the Bible Says: “‘Please test your servant for ten days: Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink.’ “At the end of ten days they looked healthier and better nourished than any of the young men who are the royal food.” Dan. 1:12, 15

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