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Understanding Eating Disorders: Anorexia, Bulimia, and Body Dysmorphic Disorder

This overview explores eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia, and body dysmorphic disorder. Anorexia is characterized by an intense fear of gaining weight, leading to severe food limitation despite being underweight. Bulimia involves episodes of binge eating followed by purging. Body dysmorphic disorder manifests as obsessive thoughts about an imagined flaw in appearance. Historically affecting primarily women, these disorders have expanded globally, highlighting the evolving standards of beauty over time. This piece includes resources for further understanding and support.

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Understanding Eating Disorders: Anorexia, Bulimia, and Body Dysmorphic Disorder

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  1. Eating Disorders Anorexia, Bulimia, and Body Dysmorphic Disorder

  2. Definitions • Anorexia: having an intense fear of gaining weight, thinking about food and limiting the food she or he eats severely, even though she or he is too thin. • Bulimia: process of binging and purging. • Body Dysmorphic Disorder: persistent and intrusive preoccupations with an imagined or slight defect in one's appearance.

  3. Who is affected? • 90% of diagnosed eating disorders are women, 10% are men • Historically, primarily upper and middle class white people from 1st world countries… • As global communications expand, eating disorders are becoming a global problem

  4. A brief history of beauty… • The United States • Watch the women’s shape change over time…

  5. Lillian Russell • 1860-1922 • Actress/singer

  6. Mae West • 1893-1980 • Actress/screenwriter/dirty talker

  7. Josephine Baker • 1906-1975 • Singer/dancer

  8. Marilyn Monroe • 1926-1962 • Actress

  9. Twiggy • 1949-? • Model

  10. Kate Moss

  11. Art Therapy • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAw9n7_9eW8

  12. Male Anorexia

  13. Bones of Contention • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJt4YvBQ3p8

  14. Dove Campaign Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZSEt1xnFJM

  15. Resources • US Department of Health and Human Services http://www.womenshealth.gov/ • Anxiety Disorders Association of America http://www.adaa.org • “Prevalence of Eating Disorder Pathology in a Cross-Ethnic Population of Female Students in South Africa” http://www.brown.uk.com/eatingdisorders/wassenar.pdf

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