Health Presentation: Eating Disorders, Determinants, and Strategies

This presentation delves into the topic of eating disorders, focusing on anorexia and bulimia nervosa, and their impact on personal health. It examines the determinants of health, such as social relationships and education, and how they influence an individual's well-being. The presentation also explores health promotion and harm reduction strategies, including treatment plans and service settings, to address the health complications associated with eating disorders. The content is supported by research, including studies on treatment approaches and factors influencing government policies on healthcare priorities. The presentation aims to provide a comprehensive overview of eating disorders and strategies for effective intervention and support.

Health Education

Eating Disorders
• Eating disorders refers to the illnesses,
whereby an individual experience health
problems due to irregular eating habits or
distress.
• The most common forms or types of eating
disorders include Anorexia, and Bulima.
• The presentation will discuss these two eating
disorders (Whiteford & Weissman, 2017).

Anorexia and Bulimia
• Anorexia Nervosa in male and female both,
leads to development of fear of gaining weight,
and often refuses to maintain a healthy weight.
• People limit the quantity of food intake and
often perceive themselves as overweight (Nitsch
et al., 2019).
• Bulimia Nervosa is termed as binge eating,
followed by behaviours that include vomiting,
over exercising.

Determinants of Health
• Determinants of health refers to the factors or
aspects that affects the health of individuals
and communities.
• The factors such as place we live, education,
surroundings, social relationships, friends,
and others often impact our health (Austin,
2016).

Influence on the personal health
• It has been analysed that the eating
disorders lead to a major impact on the
personal health of people.
• Damage to the brain, heart, kidney, and
other organ systems are considered to be
major aspects (Taylor et al., 2016).

Health promotion and harm reduction
strategies
• The treatment plan of the health for the
patients of anorexia nervosa or bulimia
requires considering the service setting.
• Moreover, it should be based on the
health complications and needs of the
people (Touyz et al., 2016).

References
• Austin, S. B. (2016). Accelerating progress in eating disorders prevention: A call for policy translation
research and training. Eating disorders, 24(1), 6-19. doi: 10.1080/10640266.2015.1034056.
• Nitsch, M., Adamcik, T., Kuso, S., Zeiler, M. & Waldherr, K. (2019). Usability and Engagement Evaluation
of an Unguided Online Program for Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle and Reducing the Risk for Eating
Disorders and Obesity in the School Setting. Nutrients, 11(4), 713. doi.org/10.3390/nu11040713
• Schmidt, U., Magill, N., Renwick, B., Keyes, A., Kenyon, M., Dejong, H. & Watson, C. (2015). The
Maudsley Outpatient Study of Treatments for Anorexia Nervosa and Related Conditions (MOSAIC):
Comparison of the Maudsley Model of Anorexia Nervosa Treatment for Adults (MANTRA) with specialist
supportive clinical management (SSCM) in outpatients with broadly defined anorexia nervosa: A
randomized controlled trial. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 83(4), 796. doi:
10.1037/ccp0000019
• Taylor, C. B., Kass, A. E., Trockel, M., Cunning, D., Weisman, H., Bailey, J. & Wilfley, D. E. (2016).
Reducing eating disorder onset in a very high risk sample with significant comorbid depression: A
randomized controlled trial. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 84(5),
402.doi: 10.1037/ccp0000077
• Touyz, S., Le Grange, D., Lacey, H. & Hay, P. (Eds.). (2016). Managing Severe and Enduring Anorexia
Nervosa: A Clinician's Guide. United Kingdom: Routledge.
• Whiteford, H. & Weissman, R. S. (2017). Key factors that influence government policies and decision
making about healthcare priorities: Lessons for the field of eating disorders. International Journal of
Eating Disorders, 50(3), 315-319. doi: 10.1002/eat.22688