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HEALTH – Grade 7
Alternative Delivery Mode
Second Quarter – Module 5: Eating Disorders: Signs and Symptoms
First Edition, 2020
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HEALTH
Second Quarter – Module 5
Eating Disorder: Signs and
Symptoms

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 Introductory Message

For the Learner

Welcome to the Health 7 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module 5 Eating
Disorders: Signs and Symptoms.
Food is the main source of our daily energy. Nutrient in the food is very
important as you do your activities and studies every day. Nowadays, adolescents
have many varieties of food to eat. You must be wise to choose the right food in daily
basis and how often you need to eat. Most of you cannot eat at the right time
because of wrong habits and this may cause a serious problem in the future.
This lesson will explain to you the different eating disorders and how they
affect you as an adolescent.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

What I Need to Know This will give you an idea of the skills or
competencies you are expected to learn in
the module.
What I Know This part includes an activity that aims to
check what you already know about the
lesson to take.
What’s In This is a brief drill or review to help you link
the current lesson with the previous one.
What’s New In this portion, the new lesson will be
introduced to you in various ways such as a
story, a song, a poem, a problem opener, an
activity or a situation.
What is It This section provides a brief discussion of
the lesson. This aims to help you discover
and understand new concepts and skills.
What’s More This comprises activities for independent
practice to solidify your understanding and
skills of the topic.
What I Have Learned This includes questions or blank
sentence/paragraph to be filled in to process
what you learned from the lesson.
What I Can Do This section provides an activity which will
help you transfer your new knowledge or skill
into real life situations or concerns.

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 Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate your
level of mastery in achieving the learning
competency.
Additional Activities In this portion, another activity will be given to
you to enrich your knowledge or skill of the
lesson learned. This also tends retention of
learned concepts.
Answer Key This contains answers to all activities in the
module.

At the end of this module you will also find:

References This is a list of all sources used in developing

this module.

The following are some reminders in using this module:

1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of the module.
Use your MAPEH activity notebook in answering the activities. Write each
activity number and its title.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other activities
included in the module.

3. Read the instruction carefully before doing each task.

4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your answers.

5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.

6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with it.

If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not
hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you are not
alone.

We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning and
gain deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introductory Message ……………………………………. i

What I Need to Know ………......................................... 1
What I Know ………......................................... 2
What’s In ………………………………………3
What’s New ………………………………………4
What is It ………………………………………4
Eating Disorder ……………………………….……. 5
Kinds of Eating Disorder .................................................... 5
What’s More ………......................................... 8
What I Have Learned ………......................................... 9
What Can I Do ………......................................... 9
Assessment ………......................................... 10
Additional Activities …………………………………... 12
Answer Key ………......................................... 14
References ………......................................... 15

What I Need to know

There are different signs and symptoms of eating

disorders and how they affect you as an adolescent. Lack of understanding
about diet and choosing the right food may affect the health of a person.
Some developed problems with unhealthy and extremely restrictive dieting
without meeting the minimum nutritional requirements necessary for health
growth and development.
 After reading this module, you should be able to explain the characteristics,
signs, and symptoms of eating disorders.

Specifically, you are expected to:

1. identify the signs and symptoms of eating disorders;

2. create a poster slogan about the signs and symptoms of eating disorder;
3. recognize the importance of knowing the different signs and symptoms of
eating disorder.

In going through the module, you have to extend your patience in

understanding, analyzing what you are reading. Follow the directions and/or
instructions in the activities. Answer the entire given test and exercises carefully.
Comply the required activities provided.

What I Know

Before starting with this module, let us see what you already know about
eating disorders.
Directions: Read the statements carefully. Mark (√) if you believe the statement is
true and mark (X) if it is false.
____________1. It is safe to eat any fast foods as long as you drink water.
____________2. Eating right amount of food at the right time is good for your health.
____________3. Eating disorder is an unsafe behavior that cause serious illness.
____________4. Over eating is good to your intestinal tract and for gaining weight.
____________5. Anorexia is caused by extreme fear of becoming obese and a
distorted view of one’s body shape.
____________6. Food is the only good source for coping up depression and strong
emotions.
____________7. Those who are suffering from anorexia are considered overweight.
____________8. Lack of control once begins eating is considered as bulimia.
____________9. Some signs and symptoms of bulimia are dry skin and brittle hair.
____________10. Binge eating disorder is caused by emotional problem like anxiety
and grief.
____________11. Too much discipline in diet will affect the weight of a person.
____________12. Eating disorders can be prevented.
____________13. Shame and grief is an emotional feeling that may result to binge
eating.
____________14. Most of the female adolescents suffer from anorexia because of
social pressure.
____________15. Wasting away of muscle means the disability of the legs and arms
to move.

What’s In

Before we will proceed to our lesson, let us check what you already learned
about Nutrition.

Activity 1: Word Web

Directions: Write words that you can associate with the given word NUTRITION.
Copy and answer this in your MAPEH activity notebook. (All answers

__________________
________________

__________________ __________________
________________ _________________

Nutrition

will be accepted)

What’s New
Activity 2: Picture Talk

Directions: Answer the following questions based on the given picture.

1. What have you observed in the picture?

___________________________________________________________
2. If you were the friend, how will you encourage him?
___________________________________________________________

What is it?

Nutritional Disorders
Food intake is necessary for each individual as
long as you work and do activities everyday. And do
you know that even when you eat the right foods,
your eating habits will also affect your health? Most
people do their best to sustain the needs of their
bodies but some nutritional problems can still arise
and worsen without proper control and
understanding.
 Adolescence stage is the most essential stage in life that you must understand
the importance of proper diet. Some will develop problems with unhealthy dieting
without meeting the minimum nutritional demand for a healthy growth and
development.

Eating Disorders
The adolescents has many choices of food nowadays.
Most of you are choosy of what you want to eat. Some of you
eat less because of the fear of becoming fat and sometimes
the weight get out of control. Others do not eat at the right
time because of diversion and spending time with your
gadgets. You prefer to eat snack foods than full meals and
that will result unhealthy.
Gaining weight and losing weight if not in proper diet and
control causes a serious problem. Due to their desire to lose weight, they develop
eating disorder. An eating disorder is an extreme eating behavior that can cause
serious illness or that may even result death. The exact cause is unknown. It is said
that eating disorders are also caused by stress, trauma, loss of control, and
participation in sports and activities that contributes to eating disorder. Some may
have serious emotional and mental problems that need professional treatment. So
persons who are experiencing these disorders must seek treatment right away.

Kinds of Eating Disorder

1. Anorexia Nervosa is characterized by self-voluntary

starvation leading to excessive loss of weight. It is caused by
an extreme fear of gaining much weight or being obese that
will distort their size and shape of the body. It is usually
developed during adolescent years because they are very
self-conscious about their bodies that is why they cause
themselves not to eat or has a little amount of food intake.
 Not every person who is thin experience this condition or someone does not
need to be extremely skinny to be diagnosed as anorexia nervosa. It is a
psychological disorder with physical and emotional consequences. This condition is
dangerous and can cause death.

Signs and Symptoms:

loss of body fat
 irregular heartbeat
 fainting and dry skin
 loss of menstruation for
the women
 brittle hair (condition
when the hair is dry
and breaking that caused split ends)
 wasting away of muscle tissue (disease or injury
that makes your arms and legs difficult to move)

2. Bulimia is a disorder which the clearing of the digestive tract follows cycles of
overeating. This disorder is also common to people who are much worried about
their weight. They will eat a large amount of food in a short period of time.
They have a thoughts and feeling that, “I have ate a lot lately, I’ll get fat ! I
have to loss pounds now”. After eating, they will take laxatives to get rid the body
of the food to avoid gaining weight. Laxatives are medicine used to easily dispose
bowel movements. On the other hand, this is
eating too much to satisfy your needs and
then forcing your digestive system later to
discharge the food you eat to avoid increase
of weight. This will result to induce vomiting,
abuse laxatives or diuretics, and continue
dieting and do excessive exercises. These
practices are harmful to the body.
 Signs and Symptoms:
 mouth sore
 throats turned red
 enlarged stomach
 severe malnutrition
 damaged heart due to starvation
 damaged kidney due to laxative abuse
 tooth enamel injury (breaking and fracture of teeth)
 dehydration (dangerous loss of body fluids caused by illness)

3. Binge Eating is compulsive eating. People

with binge eating problem eat a large amount
of food in the regular basis. They often eat and
do something else while coping up on
something. Some factors can be feeling
lonely, angry or inadequate. They do eating as
an extension of coping up with emotional
problems and do not eliminate it after. This is
different from normal eating in holidays. Binge
eating is not a disease, it a behavior that can be changed and treated.

Signs and Symptoms:

 grief
 disgust or self-hatred
 lack of control once begins eating
 anxiety (a feeling of unease like worry or fear)
 shame (feeling of unpleasant self-conscious)
  depression (a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and
loss of interest)

What’s More

Activity 3: My Eating Habit

The next activity will check and identify your eating style that influences eating
habits and affects nutritional status.

Direction: Write YES if the eating style relates to you and NO if it does not. Copy
and answer this in your MAPEH activity notebook.

________1. I eat right on time three times a day.

________2. I eat more when I am bored.

________3. I eat everything I want on a daily basis.

________4. I only eat when I feel hungry.

________5. I eat more when I vomit after eating.

________6. I am not yet satisfied even when I eat a lot in a day.

________7. I eat more when I feel depressed.

________8. I eat then take laxatives to empty my stomach of food.

________9. I like to eat alone in my room.

________10. I drink 8 to 10 glasses of water everyday.

Answer the following questions:

1. Do you think you have healthy practices when it comes to eating? Why?
 ___________________________________________________________
2. What do you plan to do with what you discovered about your eating practices?
___________________________________________________________

What I Have Learned

Activity 4: Complete Me

Directions: Complete the statements below.

1. Eating disorder is not safe because ________________________________.

2. I have learned that eating too much and eating less will __________-
_______.
3. As an adolescent, I will practice a healthy eating style by
______________________ in order to
______________________________.

What I Can Do

Activitiy 5: Poster Slogan

Direction: Create a poster slogan showing awareness of the different eating

disorders. Attach your output in your MAPEH activity notebook. You will
be rated according to the given criteria.
Materials needed:
Long bondpaper Coloring materials
Pencil Marker
Criteria: Visual Appeal - 15 points
Message - 15 points
Originality - 10 points
Overall Impact - 10 points
50 points