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Eating Disorders

Anna Katz and Isabella Penaloza

Definition

Serious emotional and physical problems involving attitudes and behaviors surrounding weight and food issues.

Physical/Behavioral Characteristics

- Extreme weight fluctuation

- Dieting, skipping meals, picky eating

- Extreme mood swings

- Diziness

- Binge eating

- Throwing up after meals

Risk factors/ Causes

Biologically

-Certain chemicals in the brain that control hunger, appetite, and digestion have been discovered to be out of balance.

Socially

-There are many culture presures to have a "thin body" and culture norms that determine peoples values on their physical appearance.

Psychologically

-Examples are low self esteem, feeling that one lacks control, depression, and being bullied about ones weight.

Risk factors/Causes

Prevention

Promoting healthy lifestyles and eating habits

Health

- Eating full meals

- Getting enough vitamins and nutrients

- Exercizing for health and hapiness

Ending diet culture

Diet Culture

Diet culture- A belief system that “worships thinness and equates it to health and moral virtue,” promotes weight loss and maintaining a low weight as a way to elevate social status, and demonizes certain foods and eating styles while elevating others

- Many websites promote flash diets that can help you lose a lot of weight very quickly

- This is unhealthy because you are essentially starving yourself for days on end

Changing the way people view weight and the "skinny" ideal:

- Stop fat shaming

- Have models that are the same size as most people, rather than being super skinny

"Skinny" Ideal

Therapy

- Eating disorders are a psychologuical disorder so they can be prevented by therapy

- Therapists can work with patients to change the way they think about food and weight

Warning Signs/Symptoms

Anorexia

-self starvation and excessive weight loss.

-Big weight loss and Refusal to eat certain foods

Bulimia Nervosa

- repeated episodes of binging and purging

-Frequent trips to the bathroom after meals and noticable large food portions disappearing

Binge eating disorder

-Uncontrolled eating past the point of fullness.

Treatments

  • Therapy

-Cognitive behavioral therapy

-Family based therapy

-Group cognitive behavioral therapy

  • Nutrition education
  • Medication
  • Hospitalization
  • Residential treatment programs

Approaches

In Psychodynamic theories eating disordes are seen as a struggle within ones inner self that uses disordered eating as a way of expressing underlying issues.

In behavioral the behavior shown by the patient is cardinal abnormality

Through a humanistic approach a therapist sees their patient as an individual rathar than a part of a group that represents eating disorders.

Cognitive behavior focuses on your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors towards your eating disorder

Prevelance

  • 9% of the US population
  • Second deadliest mental disorder
  • 88% of people with eating disorders are women
  • 95% of people who have eating disordersare between 12 and 25 years old

other information

Earliest historical date of people showing/having symptoms date back to hellenistic (323-31 BC) and Medieval times (5th-15th century AD)

Famous people with eating disorders are Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Elton John, and Eminem

Common myths

Common Myths

Myth- Eating disorders are a matter of vanity or a way to get attention.

Myth-people at a normal weight cannot have eating disorders.

Myth- Eating disorders are a lifestyle.

Myth-You can tell someone has an eating disorder just be their appearance.

Resources

NEDA- National Eating Disorder Association

  • Online chat
  • Hotline

NEDA can help people struggling with eating disorders get in contact with counselors or treament centers

https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/eating-disorders

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