A survey study of 2001 female students at ANNU university found that the risk of having disordered eating attitudes was higher in: - Students with higher body weight - Younger female students than older students - Students in non-scientific fields more than scientific fields. The document recommends developing and distributing programs to combat the influence of media on female university students' body image.

1. Body image and women

2. Survey study on 2001 female students at ANNU
Risk of having disordered eating attitudes:
• Higher the body weight
• Younger females students than older students.
• Students in non-scientific fields more than those in scientific
fields.
To combat the influence of media on female university students,
need to be developed and distributed
Disordered eating attitudes in female students of An-Najah
National University

4. Case
20 years old female medical student presents with abd pain &
hair loss, after careful questioning you find she uses Senna
herbs on daily basis .
.

5. What is body image?

6. • Body image refers to how people see
themselves when they look in a mirror
• People can have a positive or negative body
image of themselves

7. • A positive body image is when people accept
themselves regardless of body weight or shape
• A negative body image is when people feel that
they need to improve their bodies because they are
unhappy with the way their bodies look.

17.  Eating disorders have increased threefold in the last 50 years
 10% of the population is afflicted with an eating disorder
 90% of the cases are young women and adolescent girls
 Up to 21% of college women show sub-threshold symptoms
 61% of college women show some sort of eating
pathology

19.  Anorexia nervosa- characterized by a pursuit of
thinness that leads to self-starvation
 Bulimia nervosa- characterized by a cycle of
bingeing followed by extreme behaviors to prevent
weight gain, such as purging.
 Binge-eating disorder- characterized by regular
bingeing, but do not engage in purging behaviors.
DSM 5 for each ……

21. • Begins with individuals restricting certain foods, not unlike someone
who is dieting
• Restrict high-fat foods first
• Food intake becomes severely limited
• May exhibit unusual behaviors with regards to food.
• preoccupied with thoughts of food, and may show obsessive-
compulsive tendencies related to food
• may adopt ritualistic behaviors at mealtime.
• may collect recipes or prepare

22. • Qualitatively distinct from anorexia characterized by binge
eating
• A binge may or may not be planned
• marked by a feeling of being out of control
• The binge generally lasts until the individual is uncomfortably
or painfully full
• feelings related to weight, body shape, and food are common
triggers to binge eating
• Common triggers for a binge dysphoric mood
• interpersonal stressors Intense hunger after a period of intense
dieting or fasting

23. • Feelings of being ashamed after a binge are common
• behavior is kept a secret
• Tend to adhere to a pattern of restricted caloric intake
• Usually prefer low-calorie foods during times between binges
• Are able to maintain a normal weight
• Will not seek treatment until they are ready
• Most deal with the burden of hiding their problem for many
years, sometimes well into their 30’s

24.  purging type
self-induced vomiting and laxatives as a way to get rid
of the extra calories they have taken in
 non-purging type
use a period of fasting and excessive exercise to make
up for the binge

27. Case
16 years old athletic boy present with his mother because of 10 kg
weight loss in 20 days on careful questioning you learn he wants to
keep his wt below 50 kg .

31. Prevalence of obesity and overweight are high compared
with other nations, such as Tunisia
• especially among adults and people with NCDs
• Children: obesity 6% (range 4−10%)
overweight15% (13−17%)
The Lancet Volume 393, Supplement 1, March 2019, Page S20

32. https://www.meeda.me/
The Middle East Eating Disorders Association was established in
2009.