Eating Disorders

• Trying to reach societies “perfect body”

• Social influence• Magazines• TV• Pressure from peers

Poor Body Image

Size 14

Body Image Issues

• Did you know that if female mannequins were real women they'd be too thin to have babies

• If Barbie was a real woman, she'd have to walk on all fours due to her proportions.

• The average woman wears between a size 12-14

Food for thought

•Media

Body Image Influences

•Cultural Pressures

•Family Pressures

•Emotional and Personality Disorders

Most fashion models are thinner than 98% of American women (Smolak, 1996).

Negative Family Influences

Parental Attitudes and

Behaviors

40% of 9- and 10-year-old girls trying to lose weight generally did so with the urging of their mothers

Family History of Addictions or

Emotional DisordersPeople Easting Disorders are more likely to have parents with alcoholism or substance abuse than are those in the general population History of

Abuse

Sexual abuse rates as high as 35% in women with bulimia

Family Obesity History May have overweight family members or may have been

overweight themselves

• Perfectionists• Anxiety • Control Issues• Low-self esteem• Pressured• Experienced Tra

umaBehaviors

Food Related:

•Rituals involving food•Extremely low food intake•Obsessive about food

condition characterized by recurrent binge eating. Eating very rapidly; eating until uncomfortably full; eating when not hungry

Types of Disorders•Anorexia Nervosa an eating disorder characterized by unrealistic fear of weight gain, self-starvation, and distortion of body image

•Bulimia Nervosaconsume large amounts of food (binge) and then try to rid themselves of the food and calories (purge)

•Binge-Eating Disorder

Anorexia NervosaINTENSE fear of gaining

weight

• Skewed body image even when clearly underweight

•Specific amount of food they “can” eat everyday

•Rituals when eating

•Always think about food

Anorexia Nervosa

Symptoms:

1. Refusal to maintain healthy weight2. Intense Fear of Gaining Weight or Becoming Fat, Even if Underweight3. Body Image Problems4. Amenorrhea or Absence of Menstruation

Types:Restricting

Over Exercise

Ten Warning Signs:• Deliberate self-starvation with weight loss• Intense, persistent fear of gaining weight• Refusal to eat or highly restrictive eating• Continuous dieting• Excessive facial/body hair because of inadequate protein in the diet• Compulsive exercise• Abnormal weight loss• Sensitivity to cold• Absent or irregular menstruation• Hair loss

Anorexia Nervosa

SCARY stats!40 – 60% of high school girls diet.

50% of girls between the ages of 13 and 15 believe they are overweight.

80% of 13 year old girls have dieted.

40% of 9 year old girls dieted.

•10% of anorexia occurs in men,

42% of 1st-3rd grade girls want to be thinner (Collins, 1991). 81% of 10 year olds are afraid of being fat (Mellin et al., 1991).

Bulimia Nervosa

WHAT: A disorder characterized by frequent binge eating followed by regret and efforts to stop weight gain.

HOW:Purging after binge eating by using laxatives, induced vomiting, excess exercising etc.

WHY: Fear of gaining weight or not being thin enough.

Bulimia Nervosa

BingeEating large amounts of food in short amount of

time

PurgeTry to take back the binge by throwing up, exercising to

exhaustion, using diuretics, etc.

Bulimia Nervosa

Binge Eating Symptoms

•Lack of control over eating•Secrecy surrounding eating•Eating unusually large amounts of food•Disappearance of food•Alternating between over eating and fasting.

Purging Symptoms

•Going to the bathroom after meals•Using laxatives, diuretics, enemas•Smell of vomit•Excessive Exercising

Bulimia Nervosa

Effects•Weight gain •Abdominal pain, bloating •Swelling of the hands and feet •Chronic sore throat, hoarseness •Broken blood vessels in the eyes •Swollen cheeks and salivary glands •Weakness and dizziness •Tooth decay and mouth sores •Acid reflux or ulcers •Ruptured stomach or esophagus •Loss of menstrual periods •Chronic constipation from laxative abuse

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r Binge eating disorder is characterized by compulsive overeating in which people consume huge amounts of food while feeling out of control and powerless to stop.

•Frequent episodes of uncontrollable binge eating

•Feeling extremely distressed or upset during or after bingeing

•No regular attempts to “make up” for the binges through vomiting, fasting, or over-exercising.

Signs of Emotional Eating

Signs of Emotional Eating Using food to:• fill a void in your life • feel better or cheer yourself up • calm down or soothe your nerves • escape from problems • cope with stress and worries • reward yourself • People with binge eating disorder • suffer from this psychological Bi

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• BehaviorSymptoms

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r-Inability to stop eating

-Rapid eating-Eating past full

-Hiding food-Stockpiling food

-no planned meals

•Emotional Symptoms

-Feeling tension that is relieved by eating

-Embarrassment-Feeling numb during binge

- Feel guilt

Treatment & Recovery STEP 1

Find a SpecialistSTEP 2

Address health needs

STEP 3Make long

term treatment plan

EveryBODY is different