1. EATING DISORDERS
INDEX
1.What are the eating disorders?
2.Who gets eating disorders?
3.Which are the causes?
4.Which are the symptoms?
2. WHAT ARE EATING DISORDERS?
● Serious psychological problem
● Many stereotypes (personal
choyce, fashion...)
3. WHICH ARE THE EATING DISORDERS?
● ANOREXIA: don't eat
● BULIMIA: eat compulsively and then vomite,
take laxatives, starve or do lots of exercise
● COMPULSIVE OVEREATING: eat always
compulsively. Result: overweight
4. WHO GETS EATING DISORDERS?
● Young women (15-25 year-old)
● Everybody can get them, but
typical in people who uses food as
a way to afford difficult situations
5. WHICH ARE THE CAUSES?
● Combination of factors
● Low self-esteem, problems with
friendships and family
relationships, the death of a loved
one, problems at work or
university, sexual abuse...
6. WHICH ARE THE SYMPTOMS?
● FOR ANOREXIA AND BULIMIA: extreme
weight loss, constipation and
abdominal pains, bloated stomach,
puffy face or ankles, dry or discoloured
skin, loss of interest in sex, lethargy,
depression, poor skin condition, hair
loss, bad breath and tooth decay,
caused by excess vomiting, and, for
girls, loss of periods
