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Eating Disorders
What are Eating Disorders?
• Condition where victim becomes “addicted” to an unhealthy eating habit – Victims feel overweight
and become dangerously skinny
Or– Victims eat large quantities
of food uncontrollably
Symptoms of Anorexia nervosa
• Victims starve themselves• Loss of appetite• Victims act unconcerned
with their condition despite being emaciated
Incidence and effects of Anorexia
• 1% American women• Estimated 185,000
adolescent girls • 5-20% anorexics will die• High suicide rate• Loss of Bone, Muscle• Slow down of body
functions
• Sufferer overeats• Vomits or uses laxatives to
lose weight• Loss of control over eating;
consumes large amounts of food
Symptoms of Bulimia nervosa
Incidence and Effects of Bulimia
• Affects 1-2% young adult women– 80% patients female
• Bulimics can maintain a normal appearance so it is hard to discover
Common Causes
• Psychological: depression, low self-esteem, feeling inadequate
• Social: glorify “thinness,” narrow definitions of beauty, value people on physical appearance
• Biological: Scientists researching; Eating Disorders run in families
• Psychopharmaceuticals usually don’t work• Medical, nutritional and psychiatric help
needed • Family and friends can be most helpful in
providing nonjudgmental support • Victims can expect a decrease in symptoms
Treatments
Works Cited
• Phillip G., Z., Johnson, R.L., Weber, A.L., & Gruber, C.W. (2007). Chapter 11. Psychology (AP ed., pp. 430-43). Boston: Pearson.
• Caringonline.com. Eating Disorder Treatment - Compulsive Overeating / Binge Eating Disorder. Retrieved May 10, 2013, from http://www.caringonline.com
• Nationaleatingdisorders.org. Factors That May Contribute to Eating Disorders. Retrieved May 10, 2013, from http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org
I) Eating Disorders (Disorder Classification)A) Anorexia nervosa
1) Symptoms2) Incidence and effects3) Causes4) Treatments
B) Bulimia nervosa1) Symptoms2) Incidence and effects3) Causes4) Treatments
C) Work Cited
Peer Evaluation: Research Project PresentationOrganization/Clarity: 4 3 2 1• PPt slides, and speech are put together in way that is
understandable and allows you to follow the presentation easily
Time/Participation: 4 3 2 1• Presentation ran between allotted time (4-6 minutes) and all
members contributed according to requirementsContent: 4 3 2 1• Presentation included adequate content cover a Summary of
the Disorder Classification, Symptoms, Incidence and effect, Causes, and Treatment
Delivery: 4 3 2 1• Presenters used eye contact, articulation and enthusiasm;
knew their material with little reading