Risk Factors/Statistics
This Age group is at highest risk for developing an eating disorder
Who are adolescents aged 15-21
Characterized by the development of fine, thin body hair all over the body, this condition is common to occur as a result of prolonged anorexia
What is Lanugo?
This eating disorder most often results in death
What is anorexia nervosa?
What is their career?
This generalized eating disorder has the highest incidence amongst both genders
What is Binge eating disorder?
This common eating disorder presents as a chronic sore throat in addition to swollen salivary glands.
What is bulimia nervosa?
Brittle bones, muscle wasting, and cardiac arrythmias
What are long term complications of anorexia nervosa?
This social influence has been highly affected and altered based on the prevalence of eating disorders
what is media?
These three risk factors significantly increase an adolescents risk of suffering from an eating disorder
What are, gender, bullying, and coexisting mental illness
A callous that develops on the knuckles, this is a common sign of bulimia nervosa.
What are Russell's signs
social isolation, blame, shame, guilt, and hopelessness
-what are ideas of ideal body image, the approach to the disease and how it is treated, and it's acceptance as a medical disorder
This stereotypical peer group has the highest prevalence of eating disorders
Who are athletes
This type of therapy is extremely effective at improving weight gain, eating habits, and mood, this therapy occurs where parents of adolescents with eating disorders assume responsibility for the food intake of their child.
What is Family based therapy
This factor greatly influences the long term outcome in relation to eating disorders.
What are Reference Groups?
These barriers to care may account for the growing number of eating disorders in our healthcare system
What are limited access to treatment facilities, restricted funds available to provide treatment, insurance or lack of, and knowledge deficit of the signs and symptoms of these disorders
This geographical location has the highest amount of individuals suffering from an eating disorder in the world?
This condition happens when a person has a dramatic restriction of kinds or amounts of food eaten. One of the only eating disorders where body image does not play a role.
What is Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder?
Adequate representation of all body types and normalizing the curvier figure
How have eating disorders changed the fashion industry?
These programs have been established to alter the societal representation of the healthy mind-body-food relationship.
What are my plate, insurance incentive programs, and food assistance programs