What Are Eating Disorders?
What is the continuum of eating?
Healthy relationship, disordered eating, eating disorder
What is anorexia?
Potentially life-threatening eating disorder
characterized by self-starvation and excessive weight loss
What is bulimia?
Potentially life-threatening eating disorder
characterized by a cycle of bingeing and compensatory behaviors such as self-induced vomiting
What is binge eating disorder?
An eating disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of eating large quantities of food (often very quickly and to the point of discomfort)
What is the difference between body positivity and body neutrality?
Body positivity promotes strong self-esteem and encourages others to love and care for their body. Body neutrality emphasizes what your body can do, encourages mindfulness, and focuses on the body as a vessel rather than what it looks like.
What are two unique challenges that can impact an individual with an eating disorder?
Sexual orientation, gender identities, age, socioeconomic status, ability, race, ethnicity, culture
What are two warning signs of anorexia?
Dramatic weight loss, preoccupation with food, nutrition, or cooking, denial of hunger, refusal to eat certain foods and categories of food (i.e. carbs or fats), depression, overly sensitive to cold, growth of lanugo hair
What are two warning signs of bulimia?
Complex lifestyle rituals to make room for binge and purging sessions, leaving to use the bathroom after meals, abuse of laxatives, diet pills, and/or diuretics, discoloration and/or staining of the teeth, nail deterioration, stains on nails, strict dieting followed by binging episodes
What are two warning signs of BED?
Frequent overeating (especially when distressed), binging on high calorie or sweet foods, being secretive about binges or eating alone, expressing feelings of guilt or shame about eating behaviors
How can eating disorders impact menstrual cycles?
Eating disorders can cause irregular and missed cycles
How many Americans will suffer from an eating disorder within their lifetime?
30 million (20 million women and 10 million men)
What are three health consequences of anorexia?
Brittle bones, muscle loss and weakness, dry hair and skin, hair loss, fainting, fatigue, abnormally slow heart rate, low blood pressure, kidney failure
What are three health consequences of bulimia?
Tooth decay, cavities, gum disease, stomach ulcers, dehydration, constipation, bloating, diarrhea, irregular heartbeats, heart failure
What are three health consequences of BED?
Stroke, high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, heart disease, diabetes, fatigue, gallbladder disease
What is anorexia athletica?
An eating disorder characterized by excessive and compulsive exercising
What are two examples of OSFED? *Bonus points if you can define them*
atypical anorexia nervosa, binge eating disorder (of low frequency and/or limited duration), bulimia nervosa (of low frequency and/or limited duration), purging disorder, night eating syndrome
What is anorexia mortality rate compared to other mental illnesses?
Who is usually the first person to notice an individual may have bulimia?
How common is BED compared to other eating disorders?
Statistics show that BED is more common than anorexia and bulimia combined
What percentage of athletes struggle with an eating disorder?
13.5%
What two other less talked about eating disorders? *Bonus points if you can define them*
ARFID, pica, rumination disorder, orthorexia
When was anorexia nervosa first coined?
In 1873 by Sir William Gull
When was bulimia first listed in the DSM?
In 1987 in the DSM-3
When was BED first listed in the DSM?
In 2013 in the DSM-5
What is the correlation between eating disorders and genetics?
In 2010 US study sample found a 45% risk of BED due to addictive genetic effects.
A 2000 study found that first-degree relatives of individuals with anorexia are 11 times more likely to have lifetime anorexia.