4. NORMAL EATING
Normal eating is the:
When
Where
Why of eating
Flexible and enjoyable
Making your own choices
Include your favourite foods
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5. NORMAL EATING IS…
Going to the table hungry and eating until you
are satisfied
Eating foods you like and …
Not stopping because you think you should
Choosing nutritious and enjoyable foods
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6. NORMAL EATING IS…
Sometimes it’s okay to eat ‘just because’
Eating three meals a day – four or five – or it can
be choosing to munch along the way
Leaving some cookies on the plate for tomorrow
or eating more now because they taste so
wonderful!
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7. NORMAL EATING IS…
Feeling overfull sometimes
Under-eating sometimes
Trusting your body
Takes time and is enjoyable
Flexible – depends on :
your hunger
your schedule
your feelings
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8. SUPPORTING NORMAL EATING
We are born to eat instinctively
If you change your eating habits, be gentle:
Drop the guilt
Eat slowly
Eat with others
Enjoy meal time! 8
9. Do You Have a Healthy Relationship with Food?
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10. DISORDERED EATING
Unhealthy attitudes about your body:
Weight concerns
Poor body image
Unhealthy thoughts and behaviours:
skipping meals
chronic or crash dieting
excessive eating (binge eating or
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11. DISORDERED EATING - STATISTICS
Females:
One in four teen girls have disordered eating
53% of teen females with a healthy BMI try to
lose weight
Males:
25% of teen males are dieting
20% want to loose weight
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13. BULIMIA NERVOSA
Binge eating = eating a large amount of food in
a short amount of time
Then, getting rid of the calories by:
Purging (vomiting) and/or
Laxatives, diuretics
Excessive exercise
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14. ANOREXIA NERVOSA
Obsessive fear of gaining weight
Refusal to eat enough to maintain weight
Often with a distorted self image
5-8% mortality rate
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15. OTHER EATING DISORDERS
Examples:
A woman restricts her eating and is very
underweight but still gets her menstrual
period
She has an eating disorder, but it isn’t anorexia
Binge-eating disorder
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16. WHAT CAN WE DO
ABOUT
DISORDERED
EATING?
Practice normal eating…
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17. BOOKS, WEBSITES, RESOURCES &
LINKS
My Food Guide
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-
aliment/index-eng.php
BC Dairy Foundation
www.bcdairyfoundation.ca
Michelle May, Founder of Am I Hungry?
www.amihungry.com
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18. MORE RESOURCES
HealthLinkBC Factsheet: Supporting Someone with a
Eating Disorder
http://www.healthlinkbc.ca/kb/content/special/hw48146.html
Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre
http://keltyeatingdisorders.ca/
Looking Glass - Provincial Online Support
www.looking_glass.meetsupport.com/register/
Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous 12 Step Program
www.anorexicsandbulimicsaba.org
Overeaters Anonymous 12 Step Program www.oa.org
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21. BODY IMAGE
…the mental picture you have of your body and the
feelings you have about that picture
Healthy body image:
Feeling "at home" in your body
Knowing how to take care of yourself
Feeling energetic
Able to do the things you want
Not trying to have the "perfect" body
Feeling good about yourself
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22. BODY DYSMORPHIC
DISORDER
People who are obsessed with what they believe are
defects in the way they look
They spend hours every day fixing, checking,
hiding appearance ‘flaws’
Interferes with happiness
Needs professional help
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23. FOSTERING HEALTHY BODY
IMAGE
Be aware of what you are saying to yourself
and to others
Hurtful comments can last a lifetime
Focus on health - not weight, not size
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24. FOSTERING HEALTHY BODY
IMAGE
Respect yourself
Everyone grows and develops at a different rate
Healthy bodies come in all shapes and sizes
Puberty is a time of rapid growth and development
Your body is just one part of you
Recognize your strengths and
celebrate your talents
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25. WHAT DO YOU SAY?
A friend asks you how to lose weight and get a
flat tummy again.
What do you do?
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26. ENJOYING THE OCCASIONAL
TREAT
You brought cookies for the class and one student
says to the another, “you shouldn’t eat that… it
will make you fat.”
What do you do?
What do you say?
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28. WHAT IS SELF ESTEEM?
A person’s overall evaluation of his/her own
worth
Includes beliefs
“I am competent”, “I am worthy”
Includes emotions, including:
Triumph
Despair
Pride
Shame
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29. WHAT INFLUENCES SELF ESTEEM?
For many people, body image can be closely linked to
self-esteem.
As kids develop into teens, they care more about
how others see them
Early experiences
Outside influences
Puberty
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30. ACTIVITY
What is needed for a person to build a healthy
self esteem and positive body image.
Consider:
Individual and peer factors
Family and cultural factors
Community and societal factors
What role do we play as:
Friends
Parents
Teachers
Community members
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31. RESILIENCY
People who believe in themselves :
are better able to recognize mistakes, learn from
them and bounce back from disappointment
Skills can be fostered through:
Caring relationships
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33. MEDIA LITERACY IS…
Being able to analyze, evaluate,
and create messages in different
forms of media modes
Ask:
What do you watch?
What do you hear?
What do you read?
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36. MEDIA LITERACY - EDUCATION
Education addresses the negatives of
mass media and popular :
Media violence
Gender and racial stereotypes
Sexualization of youth
Loss of privacy
Cyber bullying
Internet predators
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37. MEDIA LITERACY - EDUCATION
Goal:
To help you make good choices in your use of
media
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38. MEDIA LITERACY: TOOLS AND
RESOURCES
Fat Talk (3 min. 19 sec.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CuMJybvAh8
Dove Evolution (1 min. 15 sec.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hibyAJOSW8U
Dove Beauty Pressure (1 min. 15 sec.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Ei6JvK0W60I&feature=related
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39. FINAL THOUGHTS…
The purpose of eating
is to fuel living.
I have more time and energy
when I’m not consumed by
food, eating, and weight.
Where will I invest my energy today?
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Editor's Notes
It is what we all “know”.
Slide courtesy of Eat it Up! Nutrition Counselling
Where Healthy Eating is the what and how much and how often of eating
It is healthy eating, using the other definition of the word “healthy”
Excerpt from: Secrets of feeding a Healthy Family by Ellyn Satter
Sometimes it’s okay to eat because you are happy, sad, or bored or just because it feels good
Excerpt from: Secrets of feeding a health family by Ellyn Satter
Excerpt from: Secrets of feeding a health family by Ellyn Satter
It is more about the connections that happen around food than what is actually eaten
Remove distractions, talk and share stories
Eating disorders are conditions that cause a person to have unhealthy thoughts and behaviours related to food and body image. Some people with eating disorders severely restrict their food intake (anorexia nervosa), while others eat excessively (binge eating disorder or compulsive overeating). They may also vomit, take laxatives, or exercise excessively to try to prevent weight gain (bulimia nervosa).
People who have eating disorders may develop health problems, such as dehydration and malnutrition. Eating disorders also increase a person's risk of other health problems related to a poor diet. These other health problems can include menstrual period changes, thinning of the bones (osteoporosis) and, in severe cases, heart and other organ problems.
Eating disorders are treated primarily with counselling. Sometimes, medicines also are used.
We don’t know the cause
Being female. It is undeniable that females are more subject to the slimness cult than males.
Being between the ages of 15 and 35. Eating disorders reach their peak in this age bracket.
Suffering from depressive disorders and having particular personality traits.
Being overweight. It has been noticed that many eating disorders begin with a strict diet in overweight people.
Having a family where weight and body fitness are considered important problems.
Having been victims of sexual abuse during childhood and adolescence. An incidence of abuse victims is of statistical importance in eating disorder patients.
Growing up in a family that had not transmitted enough self-esteem, trust in oneself and the capacity to recognize and elaborate emotions.
Occurs in: 1.1% among females, 0.1% among males
Incidence: 0.56% for females, 0.16% for males, 5-8% mortality rate
Some people have many but not all of the symptoms of anorexia or bulimia
50-70% of the people treated for eating disorders in BC have an ED-NOS diagnosis
are available to help clients determine if the EDP is the right place for them. They can come to an info session and book their intake appt there or they can also just call and book an intake appt (usually done over the phone). They could do this alone or with the support of someone.
Media literacy education provides tools to help people critically analyze messages, offers opportunities for learners to broaden their experience of media, and helps them develop creative skills in making their own media messages