2. Losing Weight - Unhealthy
❖ Anorexia Nervosa - an eating disorder
where the individual reduces their calorie
consumption to a dangerously low level
3. Characteristics of an
anorexic:
❖ a. Have a distorted body image, feel fat even when
we see them as a walking skeleton.
❖ b. Have a honest fear of gaining weight, equate
gaining weight with losing control.
❖ C. Begin dieting, but they cannot stop.
4. Characteristics of an
anorexic:
❖ d. Eating habits: may refuse to eat except in tiny
portions, deny hunger, may binge and purge.
❖ e. Physical complications: become hyperactive,
skin becomes dry and scaly, hair becomes dry and
brittle, females may stop menstruating, may grow
long, fine hair all over their body
❖ f. 20 % of anorexics will prematurely die due to
complications related to the eating disorder
5. Warning Signs:
❖ a. Significant or extreme weight loss
❖ b. Reduced food intake (low calorie, fat free when
they do eat)
❖ c. Ritualistic eating habits (cutting food extremely
small)
❖ d. Excessive exercise.
6. Warning Signs:
❖ f. Say they are fat when they look too skinny.
❖ g. Has highly self-controlled behaviors.
❖ h. Does not reveal feelings.
9. Warning Signs
❖ a. Always have an excuse to use the restroom after
meals.
❖ b. Mood swings
❖ c. Unusual Swelling around the jaw
❖ d. Frequently eats large amounts of high calorie
food without gaining weight
10. Warning Signs
❖ e. May purchase and eat large quantities of food in
the spur of the moment
❖ f. Laxative and/or diuretic wrappers found
❖ g. Unexplained disappearance of food from the
house
11. Binge Eating
❖ Binge eating disorder is an illness that resembles bulimia.
Like bulimia, the disorder is characterized by episodes of
uncontrolled eating or bingeing. Binge eating disorder,
however, differs from bulimia because people with this
disorder do not purge the excess food after eating.
"Binge Eating." Doctors, Patient Care, Health Education, Medical Research. Web. 23 Aug. 2014.
12. Binge Eating
❖ Individuals with a binge eating disorder feel that they lose
control of themselves when eating. They eat large
quantities of food and do not stop until they are
uncomfortably full.
"Binge Eating." Doctors, Patient Care, Health Education, Medical Research. Web. 23 Aug. 2014.
13. Binge Eating
❖ Usually, they have more difficulty losing weight and
keeping it off than other people with serious weight
problems. Most people with the disorder are overweight or
obese and/or have a history of weight fluctuations, either in
their own life or their family’s past.
"Binge Eating." Doctors, Patient Care, Health Education, Medical Research. Web. 23 Aug. 2014.
15. DO YOU THINK . . .
Do you think the stars you see in
movies and magazines have typical
body sizes and shapes?
16.
17. Lots of kids grow up thinking that
people are suppose to look like these
dolls.
Do you think these dolls are realistic?
18.
19. Is this realistic?
If the Barbie was life size, she would be 6
feet tall and she would weigh 101 pounds.
The ideal weight for her height should be
about 150 pounds.
If the G.I. Joe were scaled up to be the
height of an average man, he would have a
28” waist, 50” chest, and 22” biceps!!!!
20. Are you surprised magazines do this?
Jamie Lee
Curtis, before
a three-hour
makeover that
involved the
skills of 13
people.
22. The following is a comparison
of Hollywood stars without and
with make up.
How different would you look if
you had a team of make up
and hair people?
