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Eating Disorder Assignment (Nutrition An Applied Approach Fifth Edition by Janice Thompson and Melinda Manore)

IN Depth Assignment Eating Disorders   Read pages 413-423

Listed are two teens with Eating Disorders. Write a 150-word paragraph for both teens that describe possible signs of the disorder that other people might notice. Make sure to include the health consequences that each teen might have. Also, If these two were your friends how would you help them?

Mary is 14.   She is 5’7” tall and weighs 110-pounds, she looks in the mirror and sees a fat person. At lunch with her parents she tells them that she is not hungry and she will eat later. However, Mary does not eat later because she is starving herself in silence. She has not told anyone. She has eaten less than 500 calories per day for the last 2 weeks.

Sam is 17. He is a wrestler. Sam is the best in his weight class. However, if he gains 5 pounds he will get bumped up a class and then will have to wrestle larger athletes. Sam exercises excessively and he takes laxatives to lose weight. He has thrown up a few times after he eats fast food with his friends. Sam does not eat or drink the day before he gets weighed- in for the match. Immediately after weigh-in, Sam eats excessively for energy before he wrestles.

Answer 1

Mary and Sam both are in eating.Diet is a crucial part of their life.Eating a healthy diet for both are equally important.

Mary is 173 cm heighted and 49.8 kg in weight.. According to her age she weighs approximately 3 kg more however according to her height the weight is less .so as she thinks ,is not right therefore started dieting in wrong way.We can call this disorder as Avoidant/ restrictive food intake disorder or selective eating disorder.They have social avoidance, psychological disturbance.They have to be explained ,counselled and a cognitive behavioral therapy could help her.

Sam a wrestler is also not following a healthy diet. It could be a Rumination disorder or Mercism.Here people vomit after eating.Here people tend not to eat the day before health check up just to show they are not overweight.Tgen they they start eating.He should be made aware of the type of food he wants to eat daily rather than doing like this.