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70 millions of people
worldwide suffer an eating
disorder
14 millions of them
occur in America
In Madrid a 11% of
teenagers between 15-18
years suffer an eating
disorder
Is characterized by:
EXTREME THINNESS
INTENSE FEAR OF
GAINING WEIGHT
EXTREMELY
RESTRICTED EATING
Relapse /rlps/: to
fall again in the
illness
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LOW BLOOD PRESURE,
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ANEMIA, MUSCLE
WASTING AND
WEAKNESS
LACK OF
MENSTRUATION
Frequent episodes of
eating large amounts of
food followed by forced
vomiting, excessive use of
laxative, fasting, excessive
combination or a
combination of these
behaviors
Fasting /fst/
abstain from food
RUSSELLS SIGN
GASTROINTESTINAL
PROBLEMS
SEVERE
DEHYDRATION
DECAYING TEETH AS
A RESULT OF
EXPOSURE TO
STOMACH ACID
Decay /dke/
deteriorate
Is an EDNOS (Eating
Disorders Not Otherwise
Specified)
People lose control over
his eating. These periods
of binge eating are not
followed by purging,
fasting or excessive
exercise.
In fact, these people tend to
be obese.
These people have a higher
risk for developing
cardiovascular disease
1 in 10 cases of these
disorders involve males.
PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS
Panic disorder
Phobias
Depression
Anxiety
Stress
CULTURAL FACTORS
Cultural pressures that glorify
thinness or muscularity
Media: TV, Magazines
ANOREXIA
Give back the person to a healthy
weight
Treating the psychological
problems related to the eating
disorder
Maudsley therapy: parents of
adolescents with anorexia assume
responsibility for feeding their child.
BULIMIA
Eliminate or reduce binge eating
and purging behaviors.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
Fluoxitine (prozac): the only
medication approved by the U.S
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
BINGE EATING
CBT
Fluoxitine and other
antidepressants
SCOFF questionnarie:
Do you make yourself Sick because you feel uncomfortably full?
Do you worry that you have lost Control over how much you eat?
Have you recently lost more than One stone (6 kilograms) in three months?
Do you believe yourself to be Fat when others say you are too thin?
Would you say that Food dominates your life?