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Description of Health Issue
Current Trends / Health Risks
Psychological Effects
Behavioral Effects
Treatment / Resources
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An eating disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by not eating
What is anorexia
100
This is the most common eating disorder in the US
What is binge-eating disorder
100
People with eating disorders often think their self-worth is dependent on this
What is weight and/or shape
100
People with this disorder often take long trips to the bathroom. The length of time can depend on the amount of food consumed.
What is bulimia
100
Most individuals with eating disorders are treated in this setting
What is outpatient facility
200
People with this disorder lose control of what they eat and the amount at which they consume food.
What is binge-eating disorder
200
Bulima and anorexia mostly affect this age group
Who are teens
200
Grief, disgust, and self-hatred about their eating behaviors are some of the many psychological effects of this eating disorder.
What is binge eating
200
Isolation from what kinds of people begins to happen when dealing with disorder.
What are friends and family
200
This person helps patients gain a fundamental understanding of adequate nutrition
What is a Dietitian
300
Individuals with this disorder experience significant weight fluctuations.
What is bulimia
300
Health risks of this eating disorder include fatigue, stomach pains, osteopenia (below average bone marrow density), and liver damage.
What is anorexia
300
Disorder that may be used as a coping mechanism and commonly co-occurs with eating disorders
What is Substance Use Disorder
300
Unlike Binge-Eating Disorder, people with Bulimia Nervosa engage in this more frequently after eating large meals
What is purging (through induced vomiting, laxatives, enemas, etc.)
300
Severe cases of eating disorders need to be treated here.
What are hospitals or in-patient facilities
400
Some examples of this are taking laxatives and/or overexercising
What are warning signs/symptoms of eating disorders
400
About 1 in 20 women in the U.S. have this disorder
What is eating disorder
400
Individuals with this type of eating disorder often feel out of control when eating
What is binge-eating disorder
400
People with anorexia tend to do a lot of this, thinking they need to get rid of their caloric intake.
What is exercise
400
Type of therapy used for Eating Disorders based on the transdiagnostic theory.
What is Enhanced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT-E)
500
Type of serious mental illness that, although treatable, can be fatal
What are Eating Disorders
500
Rather than the all or nothing concept of disorders, Eating Disorders exist on a what?
What is continuum
500
People with eating disorders are also usually coupled with this type of mental health disorder.
What is depression
500
People with certain eating disorders are obsessed with this when eating.
What are nutrition facts (calories, fats, etc.)
500
Research shows this type of therapy to be very effective for virtually all types of eating disorders
What is Cognitive Behavior Therapy