MAPEH (HEALTH)

2ND QUARTER-LESSON 8&9

EATING DISORDERS
H7N-IID-F-25
OBJECTIVE:

Explains the characteristics,

signs and symptoms of eating
disorders
 EATING DISORDERS:

Look in the mirror. What do you see? Is it

the real you or just another "me"?
 WHAT IS AN EATING DISORDER?

Eating disorders are

mental illnesses that
cause serious
disturbances in a
person’s everyday diet.
It can manifest as
eating extremely small
amounts of food or
severely overeating.
TYPES OF EATING DISORDERS

 Anorexia Nervosa

 Bulimia Nervosa

 Binge Eating Disorder

ANOREXIA NERVOSA: WHAT IS IT?
ANOREXIA NERVOSA:
 Anorexia nervosa
happens when
one is obsessed
with becoming thin
that they reach
extreme measures
and this leads to
extreme weight
loss.
ANOREXIA NERVOSA: WARNING
SIGNS
 Dramatic weight loss
 Refusal to eat certain foods or food
categories.
 Consistent excuses to avoid situations
involving food
 Excessive and rigid exercise routine
 Withdrawal from usual friends/relatives
HEALTH RISKS WITH ANOREXIA
 Heart failure
 Kidney failure
 Low protein stores
 Digestive
problems
BULIMIA NERVOSA: WHAT IS IT?
BULIMIA NERVOSA
 Bulimia Nervosa is an
eating disorder in
which one starts to
consume large amounts
of food at once and
then is followed by
purging, using
laxatives, or over
exercising to rid
themselves of the food
they ate.
BULIMIA NERVOSA: WARNING SIGNS

 Frequent trips to bathroom after meals

 Signs of vomiting e.g. staining of teeth,
calluses on hands
 Excessive and rigid exercise routine
 Withdrawal from usual friends/relatives
HEALTH RISKS WITH BULIMIA

Dental problems
Stomach rupture
Menstruation
irregularities
BINGE EATING DISORDER:
WHAT IS IT?
BINGE EATING DISORDER
Binge eating is
disorder in
which someone
eats a lot
amount of food
at a time but
they don't
vomit.
 BINGE EATING DISORDER:
WARNING SIGNS
 Wrappers/containers indicating
consumption of large amounts of food
 MAY be overweight for age and height
 MAY have a long history of repeated
efforts to diet-feel desperate
bout their difficulty to control
food intake
 MAY eat throughout
the day with no planned
mealtimes
HEALTH RISKS WITH
BINGE EATING DISORDER
 High blood pressure
 High cholesterol
 Gall bladder disease
 Diabetes
 Heart disease
 Certain types of cancer
 EVALUATION

Direction: Read the situation and then answer

the questions that follow.

Josie is a freshman student who wants to

be popular and attractive to everyone. She is
not happy with her weight, so she tries to
diet. However hard she tries, she fails.
Angry at herself, she eats everything she
sees. After eating she goes to the bathroom
to induce vomiting.
QUESTIONS:
1. What eating disorder does Josie
have?

2. What can you suggest to Josie to

overcome this problem?

3. What are the dangers if this

problem is not corrected?