The document discusses eating disorders and body image. It provides statistics showing that eating disorders affect about 1 in 150 females with anorexia and 20% of college females with bulimia. While less common, hundreds of thousands of males are also affected. Warning signs of eating disorders include calorie restriction, binge eating, distorted body image, laxative abuse, and excessive exercise. Anorexia involves deliberate starvation and intense fear of gaining weight. Bulimia involves binge eating followed by purging. Negative physical effects can include tooth decay, heart problems, kidney issues, stomach ruptures and osteoporosis. The media is discussed as promoting unrealistic body ideals. Positive and negative body image are defined.

1. Physical Health Unit

2. Starter
 What are 4 things you like about who
you are as a person/your personality?
(ex: funny, kind, thoughtful, etc.)
 What are 4 things you like about your
physical appearance?
 In your opinion, how does the media
affect the ways that we view and think
about our bodies?

3. Is it really a big deal?
 1 in 150 females suffers from Anorexia
Nervosa
 Recent studies on college campuses show
that almost 20% of college females have
Bulimia Nervosa
 In regards to gender, 1 in 10 cases of these
disorders involve males. This means that
hundreds of thousands of males are
affected, but fewer are diagnosed

4. Warning Signs of Eating
Disorders
 Calorie restriction, binge eating, or
secretive eating
 Extreme preoccupation with food
 Distorted body image (claiming to feel
fat when they are emaciated)
 Abuse of laxatives, diuretics, diet pills
etc.
 Excessive/Extreme amounts of exercise

5. Anorexia Nervosa
 Extreme caloric restrictions for long
periods of time to deliberately starve
themselves, resulting in loss of body
weigh of at least 15%
 An intense fear of becoming
obese
 Distorted body image

6. Bulimia Nervosa
 A cyclical pattern of binge-eating
associated with some type of purging
 Purging forms can include:
○ Excessive fasting
○ Self-induced vomiting
○ Excessive exercising
○ Use of diuretics/laxatives

8. Negative Physical Effects
 Tooth decay, loss of enamel, and gum disease
 Weakening of the heart due to malnourishment
and arrhythmias
 Possible renal (kidney) impairment and
swelling in the cheeks and face
 Stomach ruptures
 Urinary infections
 Osteoporosis
 Menstrual irregularities
 Lowered resistance to infection
 Dizziness and muscular weakness

9. How do we really see
ourselves?

10. The “Media Effect”

11. Group Discussion
 Pictures/Commercials
 What are they trying to “sell” and how do
they sell it?
 What is the real message they’re giving?
 What does the media do to depict unrealistic
and unattainable goals?

12. Paradigm
 A framework containing the basic
assumptions, ways of thinking, and
methodology that are commonly
accepted by members of a community.
 Ex: We face the doors in an elevator

13. Challenging Paradigms
 Who are the real heroes?

14. Body Image…What is it?
 What you believe about your own
appearance (including your memories,
assumptions, and generalizations).
 How you feel about your body, including
your height, shape, and weight.
 How you sense and control your body as
you move. How you feel in your body, not
just about you

15. Negative Body Image
 A distorted perception of your shape--you
perceive parts of your body unlike they really
are.
 You are convinced that only other people are
attractive and that your body size or shape is a
sign of personal failure.
 You feel ashamed, self-conscious, and
anxious about your body.
 You feel uncomfortable and awkward in your
body.

16. Positive Body Image
 A clear, true perception of your shape--you see the
various parts of your body as they really are.
 You celebrate and appreciate your natural body
shape and you understand that a person’s physical
appearance says very little about their character and
value as a person.
 You feel proud and accepting of your unique body
and refuse to spend an unreasonable amount of time
worrying about food, weight, and calories.
 You feel comfortable and confident in your body.

17. Affirmations