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1. Eating
disorders

2. What is an Eating Disorder (ED)?
• Psychological illness.
• Bad perception of the body.
• Eating habits .
• Excessive/insufficient intake of food.
• Most affected teenagers – women.
• Related to religion .(Control, values, virtues.)
• 1993
• A direct relation with starvation/sexuality .
• Statistics .

3. Types of EDs
• Anorexia.-
▫ Saint Wilgefortis (Lacey,1982)
▫ Saint Catalina (middle age)
▫ Fast
▫ Stop eating food gradually.
▫ Consumption of light or salads only.
▫ Stop eating only water.
▫ Two types:
 Restrictive Anorexia
 Purgative Anorexia
▫ Effects

4. Types of EDs
• Bulimia.-
▫ Nuns expel guilts through vomit. (Feudal period.)
▫ Binge eating – fast.
▫ Bulimic cycle 3 or more times per week
▫ Maintain the weight
▫ Two types:
 Vomitive Bulimia
 Non Vomitive Bulimia
▫ Effects

5. Types of EDs
• Ortorexia:
▫ Healthy eating.
▫ Avoid food.
• Vigorexia:
▫ Dietary supplements.
▫ Muscle mass
• Permarexia
▫ Obsession.
▫ Everything is fattening.
• Pregorexia
▫ Pregnant women.

6. Types of EDs
• Potomania
▫ Consumption of water
▫ 4 lts. Per day
▫ Fulfill the stomach
• Manorexia
▫ Anorexia in men
• Drunkorexia
▫ Parties
▫ Fast
▫ Avoid the caloric absorption.

7. Causes
• Low self-eestemed
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Anger
• Bulling
• Physic or sexual abuse
• Cultural pressures
• Definitions of “beauty”
• Fashion
• Means of communication

9. Treatment and recovery
• High risk of relapse.
• Statistics.
• To accept the fact that they have any disorder.
• Find an specialist.
• Use methods of treatment to get through mental.
and emotional walls.
• Express your feeling.
• Share your experience.

10. Valeria Levitina
• Miss Chicago (1994)
• 25kg
• 39 years old

12. Danna
• 8 years old (Britain)
• 150 cal per day (2500cal)
• 1,1/2 hour exercise

13. Kate Chilver
• 31 years old
• 20 years ill
• 30 kg.
• Death 12 july 2015

14. Matthew Booth
• 20 years old
• Anorexic since 14 years old
• Bulled
• 18 years old heard attacked (20 min.)

15. Thank you!