Body Image Vocabulary
The way you see and feel about your body is?
Body Image
Often, eating disorders are brought on by _____ such as depression or low self-esteem.
Psychological problems
An eating disorder characterized by self-starvation leading to extreme weight loss is?
Anorexia
A condition in which a person eats large amounts of food and then secretly purges is?
Bulimia
Compulsive overeating also know as __________ is the most common eating disorder.
Binge Eating
The weight that is BEST for your body is?
Appropriate Weight
Having an eating disorder places a person at risk for developing severe _______.
Medical problems
14 - 18
To get rid of or remove something is?
Purging
Something that you feel you cannot control is called?
Compulsion
Weighing MORE than what is appropriate for your gender, height, age, body frame, and growth pattern is?
Overweight
A _______ is something you feel you cannot control, like feeling you have to eat.
compulsion
People with anorexia usually also have low _______ and poor _______?
self-esteem, body image
2 ways to purge food that has been eaten are?
vomiting & taking laxatives
Who do these people often eat with?
Alone/ by them self
Weighing LESS than what is appropriate for your gender, age, body frame and growth pattern is?
Underweight
Both anorexics and bulimics are obsessed with losing weight and having strict ______ of their bodies
control
The person may become significantly _________.
Common signs of bulimia are: (3 examples)
going into the bathroom immediately after eating, run water to cover the sound of vomiting, & swollen cheeks from vomiting
Major medical problem associated with binge eating is?
Obesity
How you feel about your body can affect your .....?
Self - Esteem
People with eating disorders need ______ from professionals.
treatment
If left untreated, a person could die from _______, ________, ________, or ____________
starvation, heart failure, kidney failure, or other medical complications.
Health/Medical problems that can occur from bulimia are? (5 examples)
Stomach acids eat away tooth enamel, possible hormone imbalance, dehydration, damage to kidneys/livers, and loss of minerals
Weighing MORE than 20% than what is appropriate for your height, age and body frame is?
Obese