Lesson 3:

NUTRITIONAL
PROBLEMS OF
ADOLESCENTS
 WHY IS NUTRITION
IMPORTANT IN PUBERTY?
 HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT
ONE’S DIET IS BALANCED
AND HEALTHY?
 WHY DO WE NEED TO ADAPT
A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE?
NUTRITION
 REFERS TO ONE’S FOOD
CHOICES AND THE EFFECTS
OF ITS SPECIFIC
COMPONENTS ON HEALTH
BALANCED DIET
 IT IS THE RIGHT PROPORTION
OF CALORIES, NUTRIENTS,
AND OTHER COMPONENTS
OF FOOD IN ONE’S DIET
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 HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT WENG’S
LIFESTYLE? WHY?
 WHICH OF WENG’S PRACTICES DO YOU
AGREE WITH? DISAGREE WITH?
 IF YOU WERE TO TALK WITH WENG,
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TELL HER
ABOUT HER LIFESTYLE? EXPLAIN WHY?
 WHAT ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS DO YOU
THINK ARE MISSING IN WENG’S DIET?
ANOREXIA NERVOSA
 COMES FROM 2 LATIN WORD ANOREXIA
AND NERVOSA
 ANOREXIA LITERALLY MEANS “HAVING LACK
OF APPETITE”
 NERVOSA MEANS “INABILITY TO EAT”
 AN EATING DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY
AN UNREALISTIC FEAR OF GAINING WEIGHT
AND CONSPICUOUS DISTORTION OF BODY
IMAGE
SIGNS OF ANOREXIA
 RESTRICTION OF FOOD INTAKE TO LOSE
WEIGHT.
 LACK OF DESIRE TO MAINTAIN A NORMAL
AND HEALTHY BODY WEIGHT
 OBSESSION TO BE EXTREMELY THIN OR
SKINNY AND FEAR OF GAINING WEIGHT
 EXCESSIVE AND COMPULSIVE EXERCISING
 DENIAL OF HUNGER AND REFUSAL TO EAT
SYMPTOMS OF ANOREXIA NERVOSA

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR
AND GENETIC FACTOR
PSYCHOLOGICAL
FACTOR
SOCIAL FACTOR
BULIMIA NERVOSA
 OFTEN CALLED BULIMIA OR BINGE-
EATING
 EATING DISORDER THAT IS
CHARACTERIZED BY SOMEONE WHO
EATS A LOT OF FOOD IN A SHORT
TIME (BINGING) THEN GETS RID OF
THE FOOD (PURGING) TO PREVENT
GAINING WEIGHT
SIGNS OF BULIMA
 EATING VERY LITTLE OR NOT AT ALL
 TAKING PILLS TO URINATE OR OFTEN TO PREVENT
WEIGHT GAIN
 DOING EXCESSIVE EXERCISE
 FEAR OF WEIGHT GAIN
 DESPERATE TO LOSE WEIGHT
 DISAPPOINTED AND UNHAPPY WITH THEIR BODY SHAPE
AND SIZE
 HAS MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS THAT INCLUDE
ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
COMPULSIVE EATING DISORDER
 OFTEN FEEL THE UNABLE TO
CONTROL HOW MUCH OR HOW
OFTEN THEY EAT
 THEY EAT VERY FAST, UNABLE TO
STOP EATING
FACTORS THAT CAN INFLUENCE
COMPULSIVE EATING DISORDER
 FAMILY HISTORY
 METABOLISM
 DEVELOPMENTAL FACTORS
 PERSONALITY FACTOR
TREATMENT FOR COMPULSIVE
EATING DISORDER:

 THERAPY