Wait, That’s an Eating Disorder?!
The Brain
Social and Cultural Causes
Weight and Obesity
Treatment
100

This disorder involves avoiding certain foods due to texture, taste, or fear of choking but is not linked to body image concerns.

What is ARFID?

100

"Happiness hormone"

What is serotonin?

100

Wrestling, boxing, martial arts, and rowing.

What is examples of weight class sports?

100

Calculated measure of weight relative to height

What is BMI?

100

This treatment identifies and changes negative thought patterns.

What is CBT

200

People with this disorder obsess over eating “pure” or “clean” foods to an unhealthy extent

What is Orthorexia?

200

"Pleasure and reward" neurotransmitter

What is dopamine? 
200

Alters body proportions and create unattainable beauty standards while, reinforcing harmful ideals.

What is FaceTune?

200

An additional method to measure the health of an individual

What is waist circumference?

200

Works with a registered dietitian to help repair relationship with food.

What is Nutritional Based Therapy

300

This disorder involves purging behaviors like self-induced vomiting or laxative use without binge eating.

What is Purging Disorder?

300

Brain structure that  can contribute to intense emotional reactions to food-related stimuli

What is the amygdala?

300

Promotes thinness as the ideal body type, has higher rates of anorexia and bulimia.

What is Western Culture?

300

______ once used to only treat diabetes is now being used to treat weight loss as a whole.

What are GLP1 receptor agonists?

300

This treatment focuses more on emotional regulation and distress.

What is DBT

400

This disorder is commonly comorbid with Autism Spectrum Disorder and trichotillomania (hair-pulling disorder)

What is PICA?

400

The impact of cortisol on blood sugar

What is lowers?

400

Have higher prevalence of muscle dysmorphia, less likely to seek treatment.

What is men?

400

Name the four methods of weight loss

What are diets, gastric bypass, exercise, and medication?

400

Relapse rate during ED recovery

What is 30-50%

500

This disorder includes behavior that may be self-soothing, similar to other repetitive motor behaviors such as head banging. 

What is Rumination Disorder?

500

Brain system commonly involved in eating disorders

What is the brain reward system?
500

Percentage of women that say that the images of women on TV, fashion magazines, and advertisements makes them feel insecure.

What is 80%?

500

Risks increase every 5 units higher than 25 kg/m^2. This equates to __% higher risk of premature death.

What is 31?

500

This treatment encourages emotional expression without words through drawing, painting, sculpting, and other creative outlets to reduce in stress and anxiety.

What is Art Therapy?

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