Eating Disorders

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Dr. Don Welch Moderator
Rebecca Bass
Tonight
Eating Disorders
Ursula Ridens, RD
645 to 800 pm Skyline Auditorium
Dr. Lila Schmidt
Megan Holt, RD
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Eating Disorders

• Fact vs. Fiction

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Am I lovely?
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Am I Worthy?
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Eating Disorders
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Eating Disorder Fiction

• An eating disorder is about eating too little or
  too much.
• If someone wanted to lose weight, they just need
  to go on a diet or a good cleanse.
• Eating disorders are only a young womans issue.
• If someone is wrestling with an eating disorder,
  they just need to repent their sin and pray more.
  

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Eating Disorder Fiction

• People lose weight using laxatives and diuretics.
• Once a disordered eater has achieved a normal
  weight, she is recovered.
• Once eating disordered, always eating disordered.
  
• Parents are to blame for their childs eating
  disorder
• Food is fattening.

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Eating Disorder Facts

• Of the 10 million Americans afflicted with eating
  disorders, 87 percent are children and
  adolescents under the age of twenty.
• The average age of eating disorders onset has
  dropped from ages 13-17 to ages 9-12.
• 81 of 10 year olds are afraid of being fat 25
  of first graders admit to having been on a diet.
• Children who diet have a greater tendency to
  become overweight adults.

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Eating Disorder Facts

• There are genetic markers that can push a person
  in the direction of an eating disorder.
• Eating disorders run in families.
• Genetic predisposition does not guarantee that a
  person will automatically suffer from an eating
  disorder. The environment -- a person's life
  experience -- still has to pull the trigger.
• Fiji Study Anne Becker -1995-1998

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Eating Disorders Defined

• Anorexia Nervosa
• Bulimia Nervosa
• Binge-Eating Disorder
• EDNOS
• Body Dysmorphic Disorder
• Co-Occuring Issues and Illnesses

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Eating Disorder Warning Signs

• Marked increase or decrease in weight not related
  to a medical condition.
• Abnormal eating habits (dieting, secretive,
  rituals)
• Intense preoccupation with weight and body image.
  
• Compulsive or excessive exercising.
• Self-induced vomiting, periods of fasting, or
  laxative, diet pill, or diuretic abuse.
• Feelings of isolation, depression, or
  irritability.

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Eating Disorder Influences
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Treatment
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Treatment
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Treatment

• The fallen or broken condition of the world
  creates vulnerabilities in every aspect of our
  humanity
• Body
• Soul
• Spirit
• Social Context
• Personal Sin
• Eating disorders result from these
  vulnerabilities in combination.
• Five Biblical Factors in Eating Disorder
  Development, A. David Wall, PhD, Department of
  Psychology, Remuda Ranch Programs for Anorexia
  and Bulimia Marian Eberly, RN, MSW, CISW,
  Division of Patient Care Services, Remuda Ranch
  Programs for Anorexia and Bulimia,Fall 2002, Vol
  1, Issue 1

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Treatment

• To perceive eating disorders as chiefly due to
  personal sin or willful disobedience is to
  completely misunderstand eating disorders.
• An inordinate emphasis on personal sin is harmful
  to the human person and is inconsistent with
  Scripture.
• Many eating disorder patients live isolated lives
  filled with shame and guilt, and believe that
  they have failed God to the point where He cannot
  love them anymore.
• Five Biblical Factors in Eating Disorder
  Development, A. David Wall, PhD, Department of
  Psychology, Remuda Ranch Programs for Anorexia
  and Bulimia Marian Eberly, RN, MSW, CISW,
  Division of Patient Care Services, Remuda Ranch
  Programs for Anorexia and Bulimia,Fall 2002, Vol
  1, Issue 1

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Food Philosophy

• Non-Diet/Intuitive eating Approach (Diets Dont
  Work!!)
• There is no such thing as a good food or bad food
• Balance over time - is key
• Food is fuel, medicine not the enemy
• No weighing or talking about numbers, calories or
  fat grams
• Mindful Eating

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