Anorexia Nervosa
This disorder is also known as "self-starvation."
What is Anorexia Nervosa
What is purging?
ARFID stands for this.
What is Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder?
This organ is affected first when glucose is restricted.
What is the brain?
What are meals or food-related gatherings?
People with anorexia often feel extremely cold due to this lack.
What is insufficient calorie and nutrient intake?
This key electrolyte is often depleted through vomiting, affecting the heart.
What is potassium?
Many individuals with ARFID avoid eating due to fear of this event.
What is choking or vomiting?
Deficiencies in B12, Iron, folate, and omega-3 lead to problems with this neural process.
This physical symptom is common in anorexia and ARFID due to severe restriction.
What is fatigue or dizziness?
This condition, also called a "starved brain," results in loss of gray and white matter.
What is brain atrophy?
Bulimia harms these two brain regions involved in memory and planning/
What are the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex?
ARFID can lead this developmental delay in children and adolescents.
What is slowed or delayed growth?
Name one common cognitive symptom found across all three eating disorders.
Brain fog, reduced focus, memory issues, poor decision-making.
From 2000-2018, global eating disorder prevalence did this.
It doubled.
Name one physical impact of anorexia shown in the presentation.
Extreme wright loss, dizziness, hair loss, fainting, freezing cold sensation, organ damage.
Name one physical sign caused by frequent vomiting.
Tooth decay, swollen glands, throats damage, stomach pain, dehydration.
Malnutrition from ARFID impacts this cognitive skill, making school or work challenging.
What is attention or concentration?
This term describes difficulty shifting thoughts or adapting beliefs.
What is cognitive inflexibility?
On global maps, these types of countries show the highest prevalence of eating disorders.
What are high-income countries?
this cognitive issue makes it hard for a person with anorexia to shift between ideas.
What is cognitive rigidity?
This cycle disrupts the brain's energy supply, causing confusion and poor concentration.
What is the binge-purge cycle?
Before being recognized as a disorder, ARFID was often mistaken for this.
What is picked eating?
This structural change in the brain is caused by long-term malnutrition.
/What is brain atrophy
Many regions underreport eating disorders due to this major issue.
What is lack of mental-health monitoring or stigma?