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    1) Eating disorders are common among students, with 1-2% struggling with conditions like anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. 2) Anorexia involves extreme fear of weight gain and distorted body image, causing insufficient food intake and obsession with eating. Bulimia involves binge eating large amounts of food secretly followed by purging to prevent weight gain, such as forced vomiting. 3) To be diagnosed with bulimia, binge eating and purging must occur regularly, at least twice weekly for months.

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    1) Eating disorders are common among students, with 1-2% struggling with conditions like anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. 2) Anorexia involves extreme fear of weight gain and distorted body image, causing insufficient food intake and obsession with eating. Bulimia involves binge eating large amounts of food secretly followed by purging to prevent weight gain, such as forced vomiting. 3) To be diagnosed with bulimia, binge eating and purging must occur regularly, at least twice weekly for months.

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    1) Eating disorders are common among students, with 1-2% struggling with conditions like anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. 2) Anorexia involves extreme fear of weight gain and distorted body image, causing insufficient food intake and obsession with eating. Bulimia involves binge eating large amounts of food secretly followed by purging to prevent weight gain, such as forced vomiting. 3) To be diagnosed with bulimia, binge eating and purging must occur regularly, at least twice weekly for months.

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    Name : _________________________________

    Date _______/ _______/_______

    Eating Disorders

    Eating disorders are so common in America that 1


    or 2 out every 100 students will struggle with one.

    The most common types of eating disorder are


    anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa (usually
    called simply “anorexia” and “bulimia”: But other
    food-related disorders, like binge eating disorders,
    body image disorders, and food phobias, are
    showing up more frequently than they used to.

    ANOREXIA

    People with anorexia have an extreme fear of weight gain and a distorted view
    of their body size and shape. As a result, they can’t maintain a normal body
    weight.

    Some people with anorexia restrict their food intake by dieting, or excessive
    exercise.

    They hardly eat at all – and the small amount of food they do eat becomes an
    obsession.

    Other people with eating disorders do something called binge eating and
    purging, where they eat a lot of food and then try to get rid of the calories by
    forcing themselves to vomit, using laxatives, or exercising excessively. (see
    “Bulimia”, below)

    BULIMIA

    Bulimia is similar to anorexia. With bulimia, a person binge eats (eats far too
    much food) and then tries to compensate it extreme ways, such as forced
    vomiting or excessive exercise, to prevent weight gain. Over time, these steps
    can be dangerous.

    To be diagnosed with bulimia, a person must be binging and purging regularly,


    at least twice a week for a couple of months. People with bulimia eat a large
    amount of food (often junk food) at once, usually in secret. The person typically
    feels powerless to stop eating and can only stop once he or she is too full to eat
    any more.

    Kidshealth.org (abridged)
    A- Read the text and decide whether these sentences are
    true (T) or false (F). Correct the false ones.

    1. A great number of American students will suffer from eating disorders. ____

    ______________________________________________________________

    2. Anorexia and bulimia are the only food-related disorders. _____

    ______________________________________________________________

    3. Anorexics like their body. ______

    ______________________________________________________________

    4. Some anorexics eat very little and do too much exercise. ______

    ______________________________________________________________

    5. Some bulimics try to lose their calories by exercising regularly. ______

    ______________________________________________________________

    B- Answer the following questions with complete sentences.

    1. What are the symptoms of bulimia?


    _______________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________________
    2. When can we say that a person suffers from bulimia?
    _______________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________________
    3. Why do bulimics eat so much?
    _______________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________________

    ANSWER KEY
    A

    1. True
    2. False. But other food-related disorders, like binge eating disorders, body
    image disorders, and food phobias, are showing up more frequently than
    they used to.
    3. False. They have a distorted view of their body size and shape.
    4. True
    5. False. They force themselves to vomit, or exercise excessively.

    1. People with bulimia eat a lot of food and then compensate in extreme
    ways, such as forced vomiting or excessive exercise, to prevent weight
    gain.
    2. When a person eats a lot of food and purges regularly, at leat twice a
    week for a couple o months.
    3. Because they aren’t able to stop eating and can only stop eating when
    they are too full to eat any more.

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