Lesson Plan Template – ED 3501 (Version C)

Lesson
PIP: Risk Factors Date November 24, 2020
Title/Focus
Subject/Grade Time
Grade 9 Foods 45mins
Level Duration

Unit Personal Inquiry Project Teacher Mrs. Zachery

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES

General
Students will make responsible and informed choices to maintain health and to promote safety for self
Learning
and others.
Outcomes:
Specific W–7.4​ analyze the messages and approaches used by the media to promote certain body images and
Learning lifestyle choices
Outcomes: W–7.5​ relate the factors that influence individual food choices to nutritional needs of adolescents; e.g.,
finances, media, peer pressure, hunger, body image, activity
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will be able to…
1. Identify the risk factors for developing an eating disorder
2. Consider the impact of dieting on health
ASSESSMENTS
Observations: ● Students being respectful and empathetic during such a sensitive topic
Key Questions​: ● What are the risk factors for developing an eating disorder?
● Why should we be aware of these risk factors?
Performances/Products: ● Discussions
LEARNING RESOURCES CONSULTED MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT
● Slides ● Computer, projector
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1i6GL8ytsQaE1lWiu
6M65PNf63yDZbmDGXc05IP7HTF0/edit?usp=sharing
PROCEDURE
● Go through the Slides and make sure everything is in working order :)
Prior to lesson
● Have the Slides ready on the projector
Introduction Time
Attention Grabber Remind the students that we are learning about eating disorders today.
There might be some sensitive information in here that can be triggering.
2mins
If anyone feels uncomfortable at any time, they can raise their hand and
tap their wrist. I’ll know this means they need to tap out for a moment.
Assessment of Prior Go through the Facts and Fallacies slides in the presentation. Have
Knowledge students guess the answers, then reveal the truth.

Slide 3 - Think about what you guys already know about disordered
eating. Are you sure it’s the truth? Because sometimes we are told or we
believe something that is actually wrong. Let’s fix that!

Slide 4 - Belief: Purging is done via vomiting. Truth: Purging can be done
5-10mins
in a variety of different ways. Vomiting, laxatives, diuretics, exercising, etc.

Slide 5 - Dieting is healthy and helps you lose weight. Truth: Dieting is
unhealthy and typically leads to weight gain! Note here that dieting to be
healthy is typically okay - it’s dieting to lose weight that is dangerous and
unhealthy.
Slide 6 - Eating disorders are deadly. Truth: Eating disorders are the
second most deadly mental disorder, only passed by opioid addiction.
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The mortality rate for those who do not seek treatment is 10-20% within
10-20years.

Slide 7 ​- You have to be underweight to be considered sick. Truth: You can

be sick at ANY weight. In fact, most people develop their eating disorder
while they are average or overweight. Even if they lose some weight, they
would still be considered average or overweight… and that’s why weight is
not necessarily something that helps anyone identify an ED.

Slide 8 - Only teenagers have eating disorders. They grow out of it as

adults. Truth: People as young as 5 can develop an eating disorder, and
this can last for the rest of their life.
Transition to Body Next, you will be discussing some other facts, and then move into risk
1min
factors.
Body Time
Learning Activity #1 Go through the Slides:

Slide 9 ​- 26% of people with an eating disorder will attempt suicide at

least once in their life. Eating disorders are even more deadly than major
depression. Anorexia kills 12x more women than any other cause of death
between the ages of 15-24. There are not any studies about men at this
point, but it would be interesting to know how many men it kills compared
to women.

Slide 10 - Over 50% of diet-based products and services are based on

unfounded statements and/or blatant lies. Many of their studies are based
on very small groups, or even on mice! Sometimes they have no evidence
at all that their product even works.

Slide 11 - Approximately 25% of all dieters will develop an eating disorder.

That’s one in four people!

Slide 12 - People who diet are 12x more likely to binge than those who
don’t diet. If you restrict food and don’t eat what you want to eat, you
obsessively think about food and get very hungry. Then, you will eat all of 25mins
those things you were craving, often in larger amounts and much quicker.
This is why dieting often leads to weight gain. In fact, there was a study
that looked at teenagers and how dieting impacts their weight. There
were two groups: non-dieters and dieters. Those who didn’t diet gained
much less weight into adulthood as compared to those who dieted. Thus,
you are more likely to maintain your weight and stay healthy if you choose
to not diet.

Slide 13 ​- About 66% of those diagnosed with an eating disorder are

women. The other 33% are men. Again, this is just DIAGNOSED. There is a
good chance that the percentage of men might be even higher.

Slide 14 - Next, we’ll talk about some risk factors. These are things that
may make a person more likely to develop an eating disorder. What are
some possible factors we can think of? Discuss briefly.

Slide 15 ​- Self-esteem. Low self-esteem, body stigma, and bullying are all
huge contributors. There is also something known as body dysmorphia.
Does anyone know what that is? It’s when your mind focuses on a specific

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feature of your body and exaggerates it, making you believe that you look
differently than you actually do.Someone might think they look a lot
larger than they really do, and it’s hard for them to understand how they
really look. There’s also something known as “muscle dysmorphia”, which
is when people think they have no muscle despite the fact that they are
getting more and more muscular. Many bodybuilders have this.

Slide 16 - Social media. Students your age use media for about 7-9 hours a
day on average - however, just 30mins a day can impact how you view
yourself and lower your body confidence. Things like “life highlights”,
cyberbullying, advertisements, etc. are big reasons for this.

Slide 17 - Dieting. If you diet, you are 5x more likely to develop an eating
disorder. If you excessively diet, then you are 18x more likely!!! In a study
of students aged 14-15, 59% of girls and 28% of boys said they were
actively dieting, and 68% of girls and 51% of boys said they exercised for
the sole purpose of losing weight.

Slide 18 ​- Genetics. If there is a woman in your family with prior history of

an eating disorder (MPHEDs), you are 10x more likely to develop an eating
disorder. If you have ADHD, you are 3.6x more likely (specifically if it is
undiagnosed). If you were considered obese as a child, you are 2x more
likely.

Slide 19 - Co-existing illnesses are when more than one illness is present at
the same time. So you might have an eating disorder, as well as one of
these illnesses. What are some illness you think are commonly paired with
an ED?

Depression is the most common one, which affects about 90% of those
with an eating disorder. Other common ones are anxiety, PTSD, and OCD.

Slide 20 - Gender. As discussed before, about 66% of those diagnosed

with an eating disorder are women, thus women are more at-risk than
men are. However, more men are seeking help than ever, and we have
seen a 53% increase since 1999.

Slide 21 - Homosexual (gay) men are 3x more likely to develop and eating
disorder, however it is believed that homosexual (gay) women are no more
likely than a hetereosexual (straight) woman is. Transgender people are
significantly more at-risk, however those exact numbers are unknown and
more research is required here. More research is also required in other
areas of LGBT+, such as those who identify as bisexual, queer,
questioning, etc.

Slide 22 ​- People of colour are significantly more at-risk of developing an

eating disorder, however the biggest concern is that they are far LESS
likely of receiving help and being diagnosed. There are many reasons for
this, but a big part of it is due to bias by classmates, doctors, and families.
Of all races, it is believed that African Americans and Hispanics are the
most at-risk.

Slide 23 - Other factors that contribute to the development of an eating

disorder. Education, income, athletics.

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Teacher Notes: Assessments/

Differentiation
Closure Time
Consolidation of Learning: Ask the class to raise their hand if they learned ONE new thing today.

What was it? 5mins

Take a few answers and discuss.

Reflections from the

lesson
Feedback from/to
students, what to do next
time, what went well, what
needs improvement, etc.

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