DISORDERED EATING AND COMPULSIVE EXERCISING

Lesson 1-7

BELL RINGER• Open Unit 1 Student Journal • Page 27, Lesson 15 Journal Entry • Write about the changes you’ve made in

your eating and physical activity habits based on what you’ve been learning.• Describe at least one of the changes

you’ve made and what results you’ve noticed.

DISORDERED EATING AND COMPULSIVE EXERCISE Unhealthy or

troublesome eating behavior such as skipping meals, restricting food choices, or bingeing on certain foods.

People can do the same when it comes to exercise.

People with disorders in these areas can’t control or stop the unhealthy behaviors.

Underlying mental or emotional health issues.

Skipping meals- prevent you from eating a well balanced diet. You get hungry and are likely

to eat more later Better choice is to eat a variety

of foods that are lower in calories and substitute with healthier food choices.

Bingeing – eating too much too fast Too much of one food and

little nutritional balance. Over exercising – injury body

and interfere with other aspects of a person’s life

Often people who have an exercise disorder also have an eating disorder.

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE Groups of 4 Eating and Exercise Disorder Cards

Shuffle cards Each group member gets 2 cards Match the name of the disorder with the

definition. Class review

EATING DISORDERS

Serious illness Must be diagnosed by a health care

professional. Not always associated with wanting to

lose weight. Mental and emotional health problem. Shown through how they eat or act

around food. Can be linked to other things in the

person’s life.

ANOREXIA NERVOSA Extreme fear of

body fat and gaining weight.

Leads to a person restricting calories to such a degree that he or she is starving the body. Even when they are

so underweight and hurting their bodies, they believe that they are still “fat”.

Body dysmorphia Eat foods in small amounts. Weigh their food or count

calories Are usually very thin and

weigh as much as 15% below normal weight.

BULIMIA NERVOSA Concern about weight leads to:

Binging(eating a large amount at once) THEN

Purging (getting ride of the food by vomiting, using a laxative/diuretic, or exercising in excess).

Feel out of control during a binge and then guilty afterward.

Spend a lot of time alone so they can binge and purge in secret.

Often normal weight or only slightly overweight.

BINGE EATING DISORDER Similar to bulimia

nervosa, but the person does not purge after the binge. Eat rapidly until they are

uncomfortably full Eat large amounts of food

when they are not hungry May eat alone due to

embarrassment Guilty and depressed

after over eating. ** someone can have

multiple eating disorders at one time

ASK AND DISCUSS How are eating disorders related to a distorted body

image?

SUMMARY A distorted body

image means a person no longer sees his or her body realistically.

For example, people with anorexia, no matter how thin they become, look in the mirror and still see themselves as being fat

COMPULSIVE EXERCISING Exercise more frequently and

intensely than required for good health.

Exercises to burn off calories, build muscles, or attain a particular body shape.

Preoccupied with body’s appearance, weight, and muscle mass.

May view the body as being too small, frail, or weak, when it’s actually normal or even muscular (muscle dysmorphia).

Exercises even when injured or ill. Defines self worth in terms of physical

fitness or athletic performance.

ASK AND DISCUSS

Which sports and why? Eating disorders are on the rise among

athletes, especially those involved in sports that place great pressure on the athlete to be thin or at a certain weight. Gymnastics, figure skating, wrestling, dancing,

synchronized swimming

Do you think athletes in certain sports are more likely to develop eating disorders or compulsive exercising?

HEALTH CONSEQUENCES There are many

serious healthy consequences of eating disorders

Many of them are caused by poor nutrition not eating enough food eating one type of

food to excess purging the food they

eat.

CONSEQUENCES OF ANOREXIA Highest death rate of any mental health

condition Girls can stop having menstrual periods Drop in heart rate and blood pressure Hair and nails become brittle Anemia (lack of iron) and brittle bones

(lack of calcium) Affect brain function Body can forget how to digest food

(constipation and stomach pain)

CONSEQUENCES OF BULEMIA Acid from vomit wears down tooth

enamel and damages the esophagus. Dehydration.. Leading to kidney damage Loss of minerals (potassium) can lead to

heart failure Swollen cheeks from enlarged glands Knuckles on fingers can be scarred, red,

or have bite marks from making themselves purge

Dependent on laxative in order to have a normal bowel movement.

ACTIVITY Workbook pg. 46

Read aloud Who are some people you could go to if

you think a friend might have an eating disorder?

What kind of health care providers specialize in mental health?

GETTING HELP Someone with

an eating disorder would be referred to one of these specialists: Psychiatrists Psychologists Licensed clinical

social workers

CLOSE

What’s the most important thing you have learned about eating disorders?