ANOREXIA NERVOSA DISORDER
BY: Tina Terry
Do Not Be Ashamed, You Are Not Alone...
( Devdas, N. M.A.(2014)
Anorexia thinks perfect is the only way...
Anorexia refuses to eat...
Anorexia disorder only see's fat and ugly...
Causes Of Anorexia Norversa
Signs of Anorexia Disorder
Weight-loss of more than 25% or more without a medical reason for the loss.
Extreme fear of weight gain
Restriction of food and extreme tracking of calorie intakeExcessive and strictly controlled exercising (more than is necessary to maintain good health)
Denial of hunger
Unusual eating habits – cutting food into little pieces, chewing slowly and excessively
Loss of menstrual period
Statistics of Anorexia Disorder
Media, Perception, Dieting:
• 95% of all dieters will regain their lost weight within 5 years.3
• 35% of “normal dieters” progress to pathological dieting. Of those, 20-25% progress to partial or full-syndrome eating disorders.5
• The body type portrayed in advertising as the ideal is possessed naturally by only 5% of American females.3
• 47% of girls in 5th-12th grade reported wanting to lose weight because of magazine pictures.12
• 69% of girls in 5th-12th grade reported that magazine pictures influenced their idea of a perfect body shape.13
• 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).
According to a study done by colleagues at the American Journal of Psychiatry (2009), crude mortality rates were:
• 4% for anorexia nervosa
How Anorexia affects you
A lack of protein. In people with anorexia the lungs can collapse, the gut can slow or get inflamed, the blood count can get too low, brain tissue can decrease, and the skin can change. All of this is because the person is starving himself or herself.
By Rifka Schulman, MD
How You Will Look
2014 Regents of the University of Michigan
How It Affects Boys
(Eisenburg, Nicklett, Roeder, & Kirz, 2011).
TREATMENT
Myths About Anorexia
Myth: Recovery from eating disorders is rare
Fact: Recovery, though challenging, is absolutely possible. Recovery can take months or years, but with treatment, many people do eventually recover and go on to live a life free from their eating disorder.
Myth: Eating Disorders are a result of over controlling parents and dysfunctional families
Fact: In the past, parents were often blamed for an individual’s eating disorder but new research and conventional wisdom have helped to dispel this myth. Families affected by eating disorders are very diverse. We now know that between 50-80% of a person’s risk for developing an eating disorder is due to genetic factors. We also know that parents and families can play an integral role in helping a loved one recover. For this reason family therapy is a primary therapeutic modality used for adolescents and is also strongly encouraged for adults.
Myth: Eating Disorders are a lifestyle choice; someone can choose to stop having an eating disorder.
Fact: Eating disorders are serious illnesses with mental and physical consequences that often involve a great deal of suffering. Someone can make the choice to pursue recovery, but the act of recovery itself is a lot of hard work and involves more than simply deciding to not act on symptoms. In most cases, the eating disorder has become a person’s primary way of coping with intense emotions and difficult life events. In order to heal from the eating disorder, a person needs appropriate treatment and support regarding medical monitoring, nutritional rehabilitation as well as learning and practicing healthier ways to manage stress.
(The Center for eating disorders at Sheppard Pratt, 2014).
References:
ANAD (2014) Eating disorder statistics. Retrieved September 14, 2014 from:http://www.anad.org/get-information/about-eating-disorders/eating-disorders-statistics/
from: http://www.depts.ttu.edu/scc/Virtual_Library/eating_disorders.php
NEDA Feeling hope. (2008). Statistics on males ad eating disorders. Retrieved September 15, 2014 from: http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/statistics-males-and-eating-disorders
Schulman, R. MD. (n.d.) Anorexia Nervosa: An endocrine problem. Empower. Retrieved September 15, 2014 from: http://www.empoweryourhealth.org/magazine/vol3_issue3/Anorexia-Nervosa-An-Endocrine-Problem
Sheppard Health System (2014). Facts & myths. The center for eating disorder at Sheppard Pratt. Retrieved September 15, 2014 from: http://eatingdisorder.org/eating-disorder-information/facts-and-myths/
Dryden-Edwards, R. MD. (2014). What causes anorexia nervosa? Medicine Net. Retrieved September 15, 2014 from: http://www.onhealth.com/anorexia_nervosa/page3.htm