EATING DISORDER

A common type of struggle experienced by middle and late adolescents

WHAT ARE EATING DISORDERS?
• Affects an individual’s eating behavior
• Affects their attitude and feelings about food
• Affects the way an individual views his/her body
• Affects person’s mental health
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF
EATING DISORDERS
• Anorexia
• Bulimia
• Binge Eating
• ARFID ( Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder)
ANOREXIA

• When a person eats little on purpose.

• Has intense fear of weight gain
• Has fear of looking fat
BULIMIA

•When a person overeats and feel out of control to stop

•When a person does things to make up for overeating, such as;
make themselves throw-up on purpose
use weight loss pills
exercises a lot to prevent weight gain
BINGE EATING

• Eat large amount of food even if they are not hungry

• Feels upset or guilty after binge eating
• May become very overweight
• People with binge eating disorder eat faster than normal
AFRID ( Avoidant/ Restrictive Food Intake Disorder)

• People that are not interested in food

• People that avoids food
WHAT CAUSES EATING DISORDERS?

• Genes
• Environment
• Stressful events
HOW DO EATING DISORDERS AFFECT
HEALTH AND EMOTIONS?
GET HELP