Types of EDs/Health Consequences
Signs and Symptoms
True or False?
Treatment
Statistics
100
What eating disorder is characterized by restricting (eating too little), counting calories, and obsessive thoughts around food and body image?
What is ANOREXIA NERVOSA
100
Is it easy to tell whether someone is engaging in eating disordered behaviors?
What is NO-eating disorders are very secretive-individuals usually hide their habits so their family and friends are not aware of their habits
100
Only teenage girls have eating disorders.
What is...FALSE! Eating disorders do not discriminate on gender, race, or age.
100
What is one of the first steps to seeking treatment?
What is TELL SOMEONE. It doesn't have to be a professional at first, but by telling a friend, family member, professor, school counselor/therapist, significant other, etc. you are making the first step forward to get help!
100
Which gender is more likely to suffer from an eating disorder?
What is FEMALES, however 10-15% of people with an eating disorder are males.
200
What eating disorder is defined by a person who feels a loss of control over eating, and frequently engages in binges (eating a large amount of food in a short period of time)?
What is BINGE EATING DISORDER
200
What is one sign that someone may have an eating disorder?
What is HIDING FOOD, OBSESSIVELY TALKING ABOUT FOOD/WEIGHT, ISOLATING AROUND MEALS, AVOIDING FAMILY/FRIENDS, CONSTANT EXERCISING/BURNING CALORIES IN ANY WAY, SKIPPING MEALS, etc.
200
If you are overweight, you cannot have an eating disorder.
What is FALSE! You can have an eating disorder at any weight, whether that is classified as underweight, average weight, or overweight.
200
Does seeing a therapist once a week for outpatient counseling work for everyone?
What is NO-usually, depending on the strength of the eating disorder, other levels of care are required, such as a day program (PHP), or an IOP program, which is a few hours during the day or at night, usually including one meal. sometimes the structure of a program is needed to break the cycle of using eating disordered behaviors.
200
About how many people in the United States have an eating disorder? Correct Answer accepted if +/- 10 million
What is 30 MILLION
300
What are two health consequences of Anorexia Nervosa
What is kidney failure, hair loss, slow heart rate, osteopenia (loss of bone calcium), osteoporosis (more advanced loss of bone density), heart failure, death, etc.
300
What is one common sign of Bulimia Nervosa?
Negative body image, increased depression/anxiety/isolation, wearing baggy clothes, bathroom after meals, using laxatives or dieretics, eating large amounts of food at one time, scarred knuckles (from purging-induced vomiting), etc.
300
Depression and anxiety usually coexist with eating disorders.
What is TRUE
300
Name one person that is part of the treatment team.
What is THERAPIST, PSYCHIATRIST, DIETICIAN, MEDICAL DOCTOR, SOCIAL WORKER, etc.
300
What percentage of American adults believe that eating disorders are true illnesses, and not just a ploy for attention? -must be within 10 percent
What is 82%?
400
What are the three eating disorders that are most commonly known/heard?
What is ANOREXIA, BULIMIA, and BINGE EATING DISORDER (BED)
400
How do you know if/when you have a problem and should seek help?
When thoughts about food/weight/calories/body image are consuming you daily or almost every day, and/or your eating habits have drastically changed
400
Eating disorders can be cured by gaining/losing to a healthy weight.
What is FALSE. While people's opinions vary, there is no true cure for an eating disorder, and weight is only a small part of a person's recovery. The main issues are handled in therapy.
400
What is the difference between inpatient and residential treatment?
Inpatient-for those who need medical stabilization usually, and/or at a dangerously low weight/blood pressure/heart rate, etc., usually a short-term stay of 1-2 weeks in a hospital Residential-long-term living facility (more home-like) for people who cannot control their ED behaviors (restricting, purging) through outpatient treatment and living at home. They do not have to be medically compromised, but often medical equipment/professionals are there if needed. Can be up to 2 months.
400
What is the percentage of people with eating disorders who receive treatment? -must be within 10%
What is 10%? Only 1 in 10 men and women!!!!
500
What are some common feelings experienced by individuals with Anorexia Nervosa?
What is DISGUST, SELF HATRED, FEELING FAT, ASHAMED, WORTHLESS, LONELY, SAD, IN CONTROL
500
What are two "food rituals" that people with eating disorders may engage in?
What is HIDING FOOD, TAKING SMALL BITES, CUTTING UP THEIR FOOD A LOT/FINGER FOODS, EATING SLOWLY/QUICKLY, SHAKING LEG/FEET WHILE EATING, STRANGE FOOD COMBOS, ONLY EATING CERTAIN FOODS, etc.
500
Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disorder.
What is TRUE. This is why treatment is so important!
500
When choosing treatment for an ED, what are two factors that affect the recommended level of care?
What is WEIGHT/OTHER HEALTH CONDITIONS, SEVERITY OF ED BEHAVIORS CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN, EATING HABITS, DISORDERED THOUGHTS ABOUT FOOD/WEIGHT/ETC., INSURANCE, PRIOR TREATMENT, MOTIVATION TO RECOVER, etc.
500
Despite their prevalence in society, eating disorders receive less funding than what three psychiatric illnesses?
What is ALZHEIMER'S (5.1 million), AUTISM (3.6 million), and SCHIZOPHRENIA (3.4 million)?
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