This document discusses body image and eating disorders. It begins by defining body image and body image distortion, and how the media influences perceptions of body image. It then discusses how this negatively impacts women. Next, it defines and describes the symptoms, health risks, and treatment of three eating disorders: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. It concludes by listing protective factors against developing unhealthy attitudes about body image and eating.

1. Body Image and
Eating Disorders

2. Journal
 List five things you like about yourself and list five
things you would like to change about yourself.

3. Body Image
 What is body image?
 It is a person’s perception of his or her body’s
appearance. Teens who have a positive body
image like what they see when they look in the
mirror
 What is body image distortion?
 It is when a person has an inaccurate visual
perception of ones body.
 Media’s influence

4.  What stood out to you in that video?
 How does the media affect teens in regards to body
image?
 What are magazines and movies trying to advertise?

5. The Impact on Women
 One study showed that 55% of college women
thought that they were overweight though only
6% were
 94% of one sample of women wanted to be
smaller than they currently were
 96% thought that they were larger than the
current societal ideal
 Half the women in a study said they would rather
be hit by a truck than be fat

6. Celebrity Photoshop
 http://mashable.com/2011/12/01/before-and-
after-photos/#36601-14

10. Eating Disorders
 Eating Disorder- mental disorder in which a
person has a compelling need to starve, to binge
or to binge and purge.
 Eating disorders are addictions.
 Can happen in anyone
 5-10% of all eating disorder cases are in male

11. Risks for developing eating disorders
1. Too much emphasis on 5. Inability to express
appearance. emotions
2. Discomfort with sexual 6. Social Pressures from
maturity- (puberty) media and peers
3. Perfectionism- 7. Pressure felt by athletes
compelling need to do
everything perfectly.
4. Need for control

12. Warning Signs
1. Constantly comparing themselves to others
2. Being unhappy with physical appearance
3. Wearing baggy clothes to hide body
changes
4. Thinking its disgusting to have menstrual
periods
5. Never being satisfied with anything they do

13. Warning Signs
6. Perceiving parent or guardians as never
being satisfied with anything they do
7. Having felt unsafe during childhood (sexual,
physical abuse in the family)
8. Feeling secure only when in control of
situation
9. Not know what to do when feeling lonely,
rejected or depressed
10. Eating, starving, excessively exercising or
purging when feeling uncomfortable

14. Anorexia Nervosa
 Begins with individuals restricting certain
foods, not unlike someone who is dieting.
 Restrict high-fat foods first
 Food intake becomes severly limited.
 Doesn’t meet that the individual stops eating
all together.

15. Anorexia Nervosa
 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 elaborate meals
for others.

16. Health Consequences
 Dehydration, constipation, abdominal pain and
nausea
 Hair loss
 Hormonal changes
 Damage to heart, kidneys, and other body organs
 Decrease in heart rate and blood pressure
 Absence of menstruation
 Impaired immune system functions

17. Treatment
 Team of professionals- physicians, nurses,
dietitians and mental health professionals
 Treatment plan addresses physical and
emotional health problems
 Hospital stay to treat dehydration and
malnutrition- feeding tubes

18. Bulimia
 Is an eating disorder in which a person binges
and purges.
 More common than anorexia nervosa
 Occurs in people who are trying to lose weight,
tried a diet and were unsuccessful
 Generally know they have a problem

19. People with bulimia may…
 Binge in private and eat regular amounts when
with people
 Have a secret place where they binge
 Steal food and/or hide it
 Steal money or food
 Exercise excessively between binges
 Think about food constantly and plan each
binge

20. More on bulimia nervosa
 Later age at the onset of the disorder
 Are able to maintain a normal weight
 Will not seek treatment until they are ready

21. Two subtypes
 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

23. Health Consequences
 Dissolved tooth enamel
 Tooth decay
 Sore gums
 Enlarged salivary glands
 Swollen cheeks
 Water loss
 Depletion of potassium
 Increased blood pressure
 Impaired bowel function
 Damage to heart, kidneys and colon

24. Treatment
 Hard to diagnose since they can hide their
behavior
 Team of professionals
 Treatment plan
 Tests to asses damage to the body organs
 Dental work

25. Binge Eating Disorder
 Is an eating disorder in which a person cannot
control eating and eats excessive amounts.
 Diagnosis made when a person binges 2 or more
times per week for 6 months
 They are obsessed with eating.
 Turn to food as a coping mechanism

26. Protective Factors
 Get fit.
 Being fit and feeling strong does not mean being
thin.
 Get Postitive.
 Never underestimate the power of your self-talk.
 Develop yourself.
 Spend your time developing your talents and loves
 Stop comparing.

27. Campaign for real beauty