Signs & Symptoms
These two psychological constructs frequently appear before or alongside the onset of disordered eating
Depression and anxiety
This measurement helps determine if someone’s weight is within a healthy range for them.
BMI (body mass index)
What is a multidisciplinary treatment plan for someone with disordered eating?
This team includes a doctor, a therapist, and a dietitian and is used for outpatient treatment.
What type of media frequently exposes people to unrealistic beauty standards through edited and filtered images?
Social Media
Myth or Fact? Eating disorders are only about food and weight.
Myth.
Eating disorders are complex mental health conditions influenced by a combination of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors, not just concerns about food or body weight.
This negative perception of one’s body shape or weight is a strong psychological precursor to later eating pathology.
Body dissatisfaction
Professionals diagnose eating disorders by examining both physical health and this type of health.
Mental/emotional health
What evidence-based therapy helps people normalize eating patterns and challenge distorted thoughts about food, weight, and body image?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
What term describes the tendency to compare one’s body or appearance to others seen online?
Social comparison
Myth or Fact? Early warning signs of eating disorders develop in a predictable order as children grow.
Fact
Evidence supports a stepwise pattern: early eating issues → body dissatisfaction → dieting → bingeing/purging → clinical disorder
This eating behavior in childhood has been shown to predict later anorexia nervosa
Undereating/fussy eating/mealtime struggles
When doctors ask standardized questions to score symptoms for an eating disorder, they’re using one of these.
A screening questionnaire
What daily recovery behavior is used to significantly reduce binge-eating episodes?
Structured or regular eating
What aspect of psychological health can improve when people limit social media use and focus on self-acceptance?
Body image and self-esteem
Myth or Fact? Someone has to be underweight for their eating disorder to be serious.
Myth
Eating disorders can occur at any body size, and medical/psychological severity does not depend on weight.
Making oneself throw up or using laxatives after eating are examples of this symptom of bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder.
Purging
The diagnosis of this eating disorder includes the persistent behavior of eating an excessive amount of food very quickly
Binge-eating disorder
What is it called when you teach clients to recognize early warning signs, identify high-risk situations, and build coping skills to prevent returning disordered behaviors?
Relapse prevention planning
What online changes can help reduce the negative effects of social media on body image?
Removing “likes” or promoting body-positive content, algorithm or platform-based interventions promoting positive body image
Myth or Fact? Eating disorders are always visible and easy to identify based on someone’s appearance.
Answer: Myth
Many individuals with eating disorders appear to be at a “normal” weight or even above average weight, and symptoms are often psychological or behavioral rather than purely physical.
These are physical health side effects of having an eating disorder (name 2).
could be any of these: heart problems, acid reflux, gastrointestinal problems, low blood pressure, organ failure, brain damage, osteoporosis, dehydration/constipation, stopped menstrual cycles, infertility, stroke, tooth damage.
The diagnosis of people with this eating disorder may restrict food or exercise excessively, keeping their weight dangerously low.
Anorexia Nervosa
What psychological process is defined as viewing one's body as an object and predicts worse body image and harder ED recovery?
Self-objectification
What group is especially vulnerable to body dissatisfaction due to social media pressure and appearance-focused content?
Adolescents or teenage girls
Myth or Fact? Limiting social media use can improve body image and reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety in adolescents.
Fact
Research shows that reducing exposure to appearance-focused content can improve self-esteem, body satisfaction, and overall mental health.