EATING DISORDERS

• are mental illnesses defined by

abnormal eating habits that
negatively affect a person’s
physical or mental health.
• A kind of illness that causes
serious disturbances to your
everyday diet
Eating Disorder
• Behavior thought
to stem from
some
environmental
pressures
 ANOREXIA NERVOSA
Anorexia nervosa is
an eating disorder
characterized by
extremely low body
weight, body image
distortion and an
obsessive fear of
gaining weight
 ANOREXIA nERVOSA
• Eating disorder
characterized by self
imposed starvation
to lose and maintain
very low body weight
due to a false/
distorted perception
of being fat
Eating and food behavior signs and symptoms

Strange or secretive food

rituals
 • BIOLOGICAL CAUSES of anorexia

• A genetic predisposition to anorexia may

run in families.

• People with anorexia tend to have high

levels of cortisol, the brain hormone most
related to stress, and decreased levels of
serotonin, which is associated with
feelings of well-being
 MIAnervosa
Bulimia NERVOSA
is
characterized by frequent
episodes of binge eating,
from twice a week to
multiple times a day,
followed by frantic efforts
to avoid gaining weight.

During an average binge, a bulimic consumes 3,000 to 5,000 calories in

one short hour.
Signs and symptoms of bulimia
Lack of control over
eating
Frequent
fluctuations in Smell of vomit
weight

Eating
Going to the bathroom unusually large
after meals amounts of
food

Alternating
Using laxatives,
between
diuretics, or
overeating and
enemas
fasting

Discolored Excessive
teeth exercising
 Swelling of
the hands
Broken blood and feet
vessels in the
eyes
Chronic sore
throat

Ruptured stomach
or esophagus
Weakness and
dizziness

Loss of menstrual periods Acid reflux or ulcers

Tooth decay and

Chronic constipation from laxative
mouth sores
abuse
Effects of Bulimia
Purging does NOT prevent weight gain
Contrary to popular belief, purging isn’t very effective at
getting rid of calories, which is why most bulimics end up
gaining weight over time. Vomiting immediately after
eating will only eliminate 50% of the calories consumed at
best—and usually much less. This is because calorie
absorption begins the moment you put food in the mouth.
Laxatives and diuretics are even less effective. Laxatives
get rid of only 10% of the calories eaten, and diuretics do
nothing at all.
Binge Eating Disorder: What is it?
 Binge eating Disorder
• Binge eating is disorder in which someone eats a
lot amount of food at a time but they don't vomit.
EMOTIONAL EATING
• The consumptions of large amount qualities of food to
suppress negative emotions
PICA
• An abnormal desire to eat
substances (as chalk or ashes) not
normally eaten
Why do people develop eating
disorders?

Factors to consider
Psychological
Interpersonal
Social/Cultural
Biological
1. _____________
is an eating disorder
characterized by extremely
low body weight
Quiz 2
2. Eating disorder
characterized by self imposed
starvation to lose and maintain
very low body weight due to a
false/ distorted perception of
being fat
 is disorder in
3. _____________

which someone eats a

lot amount of food at a
time but they don't
vomit.
4. __________is characterized by
frequent episodes of binge
eating, from twice a week to
multiple times a day, followed
by frantic efforts to avoid
gaining weight
5. Anabnormal desire to eat
substances (as chalk or
ashes) not normally eaten
6. Eating disorder
due to negative
feelings
7-8 Causes of eating
disorders
9. Physical
characteristic of an
anorexic.
10. Physical
characteristic of a
person doing binge
eating