Eating disorders
The harmful effects!
What is an eating disorder?
any of a range of psychological disorders characterized by abnormal or disturbed eating habits
Different types of eating disorders!
Bulimia Nervosa
Binge-Eating Disorde
DSM criteria
Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, even though underweight.
. Disturbance in the way in which one’s body weight or shape is experienced, undue influence of body weight or shape on self- evaluation, or denial of the seriousness of the current low body weight
Refusal to maintain body weight at or above a minimally normal weight for age and height
a life-threatening condition that affects physical,emotional, behavioural and social development
Facts:
"The features of anorexia nervosa most commonly emerge in mid-adolescence, with the highest incidence rates reported for women between the ages 15 and 19 years"
Children are exposed at a young age to think they have to look a certain way
Early detection and treatment improve the prognosis and reduce the risk of AN developing into a chronic condition in adulthood
The pressure to be thin
positive change
Media focuses on thinness
Help!
"In adolescents, the best available evidence is for family-based interventions"
"For those with binge eating disorder, being overweight in childhood with high emotional eating predicts treatment resistance"
Emotionally involved
An individual will become so obsessed with their body image that they are consumed with it.
Social Media and Body Images
References!
Allen, K. L., Byrne, S. M., Oddy, W. H., Schmidt, U., & Crosby, R. D. (2014). Risk factors
for binge eating and purging eating disorders: Differences based on age of onset. International Journal Of Eating Disorders, 47(7), 802-812. doi:10.1002/eat.22299
Bezance, J., & Holliday, J. (2013). Adolescents with anorexia nervosa have their say: A review of qualitative studies on treatment and recovery from anorexia nervosa. European Eating Disorders Review, 21(5), 352-360. doi:10.1002/erv.2239
Halmi, K. A. (2013). Perplexities of treatment resistence in eating disorders. BMC Psychiatry, 13(1), 1-12. doi:10.1186/1471-244X-13-292