Question

unit 2: mental & emotional health
eating disorders
hillhouse
health
directions: write anorexia, bulimia, or binge - eating in response to following scenarios.
1.) lita is in tenth grade and weighs 75 pounds. she is not an athlete but makes sure to run 5 miles a day. when you eat lunch with her, she is always eating lettuce only. she cries all the time that she is fat.
2.) you had a sleepover at rhonda rouseys home and both of you ate too much. however, shortly after you heard rhonda throwing up in the bathroom. this happened on 3 more sleep overs.
3.) roman reigns eats an enormous amount of food for breakfast, lunch and dinner. after finishing each meal, he immediately looks in her mirror and begins to cry and sob over her reflection in the mirror.
4.) trish stratus exercises 3 times a day, 7 days a week, while mainly doing cardio only. she is often seen in the gym exercising to overexertion. while, home she has begun skipping meals, usually only eating once a day.
5.) after every meal, john cena will excuse himself to the bathroom. months have gone by now, and john has noticed that his teeth are becoming extremely discolored and has developed a burning sensation in throat.

Explanation:

1. Anorexia:

• Refusal to maintain a minimally normal body weight (weighs 75 pounds, likely underweight for a tenth - grader).
• Intense fear of gaining weight (thinks she is fat despite low weight).
• Restricted eating (only eats lettuce).
• Excessive exercise (runs 5 miles a day, not an athlete).

1. Bulimia:

• Binge - eating (ate too much at sleepover).
• Purging behavior (throwing up in the bathroom, and this is a repeated behavior).

1. Binge - Eating:

• Consumes an enormous amount of food (for breakfast, lunch, and dinner).
• Negative body image (cries over reflection in mirror after meals, but no mention of purging or extreme weight loss efforts like anorexia).

1. Anorexia:

• Excessive exercise (3 times a day, 7 days a week, to overexertion).
• Restricted eating (skipping meals, usually only eating once a day).

1. Bulimia:

• Purging behavior (excuses self to bathroom after every meal, likely to vomit).
• Physical signs of purging (discolored teeth from stomach acid, burning sensation in throat from repeated vomiting).

Answer:

1. ANOREXIA
2. BULIMIA
3. BINGE - EATING
4. ANOREXIA
5. BULIMIA