Eating disorders

1. Eating Disorders
Section 8.3
Pg. 202-206
Standard #1 & 4
Nutrition

2. What Is Anorexia Nervosa?
• A condition in which a
person is constantly
dieting. They fear they
are gaining weight.
• It is when a person is
obsessed with becoming
thin and doesn’t see
when he/she becomes
dangerously thin.

3. What Is Anorexia Nervosa?
(Continued)
• The person might
stop eating and/or
exercise excessively.
• It is an illness that is
a result of emotional
problems and usually
affect people who
think they need to be
perfect.

4. What are Effects of
Anorexia Nervosa?
• Low heart rate and
body temperature
• Muscle break down
• Heart damage
• Slow or lack of
sexual maturity and
growth
• Low self-esteem
• Depression

5. What Is the Treatment for
Anorexia Nervosa?
• 5-20% of anorexics die of starvation without
treatment.
• Treatment requires a team of professionals
including physicians, nurses, psychiatrists,
family psychologists, and dieticians.
• Mental health counseling is required.

6. What Is Bulimia?
• A disorder in which
a person binges on
food.
• A binge involves
eating large amounts
of food over a very
short period of time.
• The binging is then
followed by purging
(throwing up or
using laxatives).

7. Effects of Bulimia
• Throwing up causes the enamel on the teeth
to dissolve from exposure to acid from the
stomach. The teeth can decay.
healthy Decaying enamel

8. Effects of Bulimia (Continued)
• The salivary glands become large from over-producing
saliva to prevent dehydration.
• Throwing up can disturb the electrolyte balance in the
body and can result in abnormal heart rhythms and
kidney damage.
• Excessive use of laxative disturbs normal bowel function
and diuretics can cause high blood pressure and
dehydration.

9. What Is the Treatment for
Bulimia?
• It is similar to anorexia but also
includes training in appropriate
nutritional eating habits, building self-
confidence and self-esteem.
• 30-50% of anorexics are also bulimic.

10. What Is Pica?
• A disorder that involves eating things that are not food.
• Ex. Clay, soil, starch.
• It usually occurs among pregnant women. It can cause
blockage of the intestines and harmful bacteria illness.

11. What is overeating?
• Compulsive overeating is characterized by
uncontrollable eating and consequent weight gain.
Compulsive overeaters use food as a way to cope
with:
– stress
– emotional conflicts
– daily problems.
• The food can block out feelings and emotions. Compulsive
overeaters usually feel out of control and are aware their eating
patterns are abnormal. Like bulimics, compulsive overeaters do
recognize they have a problem.
– “gluttony”

12. Disorders Affecting the
Digestive System
Section 5.3

13. What is constipation?
• When a person has
a difficult or
infrequent bowel
movements.

14. What is constipation? (continued)
• It is usually person that has a low-fiber diet,
doesn’t drink enough water, does not exercise,
stress, or some diseases.
• Try to limit high-fat foods. Eat more fruits and
vegetables and drink water.

15. What is Diarrhea?
• When food moves
through the digestive
system too quickly,
this can cause
dehydration which
can be fatal.

16. What is Diarrhea? (continued)
• If it lasts more than 2 days, call a doctor.
• Drink water and/or drinks like Gatorade. Give kids
pedialyte and call a doctor.
• Always follow doctor’s advice about giving new
foods to infants.

17. What are food intolerances?
• Negative reactions to
specific foods that do not
involve the body’s immune
system.

18. What are food intolerances?
(continued)
• Ex. Lactose
Intolerance is when
you can’t tolerate mile
products. These
people do not produce
lactase, the enzyme
that breaks down
lactose in milk. This
can cause bloating,
diarrhea, gas, and
severe cramps.

19. What are food intolerances?
(continued)
• Lactose pills can be
taken with milk
products.
• MSG is another
food intolerance.

20. What are food allergies?
• The result of the body’s immune system
responding to the food as if it were a disease-
causing organism.
• The most common are cow’s milk, egg, peanuts,
wheat products, shellfish, and fish.

21. What happens to you during a
food allergic reaction?
• Diarrhea, rashes, congestion, sneezing, itchy,
watery eyes.
• Anaphylactic shock which causes sever itching,
hives, sweating, tightness in throat, difficulty
breathing, followed by low blood pressure,
unconsciousness, and death
• Many allergies start at infancy. Don’t give solid
foods until the doctor says and no cow’s milk
for 12 months.