A short and easy presentation to understand the concept Anorexia Nervosa

1. Anorexia
Nervosa

3. Introduction
Do you think this is cool?
Is it pleasant in any way?
Then why try to acquire
such looks????

4. Meaning :-
• An eating order where a
normal person diets and
becomes significantly
underweight ,yet, still
feeling fat , feeling to
starve
• An emotional disorder
that focuses on food, but
it is actually an attempt to
deal with perfectionism.

6. What causes Anorexia?-PROBABLE CAUSES
Anorexia Nervosa patients tend to have
– Low self-evaluations
– Come from competitive, high-
achieving, and protective families
– Set perfectionist standards
– Intensely concerned with how others
perceive them
– Fear falling short of expectations
– Genetics
– Culture
– Idealize thinness
– Have poor body image
– Feel shame, depressed, and dissatisfied
with their own bodies

7. GENETICS
The chances for
identical twins sharing
the disorder are greater
than for fraternal twins
 When ancestors were
faced with famine,
those who denied
starvation and became
hyperactive may have
been more likely to
search for food.

8. Cultural Effect
• Learned restraint in
cultures that idealize
thinness
• Ultra-thin models
• Doctored photos in
magazines,
advertisements, and
other forms of media
• Pressure to be thin
• “Thin-ideal”

9. Who is at the risk of Anorexia?
 95% of those affected by anorexia are female,
 It typically begins to manifest during early
adolescence, but also seen in young children and
adults.
 In the U.S. about one out of every 100
adolescent girls has the disorder.
 Caucasians are more often affected than people
of other racial backgrounds,
 more common in middle and upper
socioeconomic groups.
 According to the U.S. National Institute of
Mental Health (NIMH), an estimated 0.5% to 3.7%
of women will suffer from this disorder at some
point in their lives.
 Many experts consider people for whom thinness
is especially desirable, or a professional
requirement (such as athletes, models, dancers,
and actors), to be at risk for eating disorders
such as anorexia nervosa.

10. Anorexia signs &
symptoms
 Chronic dieting despite being hazardously
underweight
 Obsession with calories and fat contents of
food.
 Engaging in ritualistic eating patterns, such as
cutting food into tiny pieces , eating alone , and
/ or hiding food.
 Amenorrhea : an abnormal absence of
menstruation, or loss of 3 consecutive
menstrual cycle.
 Depression or lethargic stage.
 Development of lanugo : soft, fine hair that
grows on face and body.
 Loss or thinning of hair.
 Avoidance of social functions, family, and
friends. May become isolates and withdrawn.

11. Anorexia Treatment
Given the complexities of
this eating disorder , a
professional treatment
team involving medical
doctors, dietitians, and
therapists is necessary for
the recovery from this
eating disorder, effective ,
holistic eating disorder
treatment of anorexia
involves three necessary
components:
Medical Nutritional
Therapy

12. TREATMENT CONTD..
• Psychotherapy
• Family Therapy
• Medication- Anti
depressants (Prozac),
potassium or iron
supplements
• Hypnosis
• Biofeedback
• Cognitive Behavioural
Therapy

13. Anorexia nervosa- Before & After