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Show 'Fearless Friday' focuses on eating disorders By JANIS STUART BOUNTIFUL--'Fearless Friday,' Oct. 27, has been scheduled as a special public observance , of 'Eating Disorders Awareness Week.' EDAW is held Oct 23-29-and lsan international -event- dedicated to j the prevention of eating disorders. . Eating disorders -are defined in two categories, anorexia nervosa and bulimia. ' ' 1 According to EDAW State Coordinator, Coor-dinator, Margaret L; Thompson. M.S.W., anorexia nervosa is an emotional disorder characterized by severe weight loss (or failure to gain weight in young people). Individuals In-dividuals with Anorexia Nervosa have an iron determination to become thin and an intense, irra-' ' tional fear of becoming fat, both of which often increase as weight is lost. Anorexia nervosa could be considered 'dieting gone wild.' Persons with anorexia nervosa vigorously refuse to maintain a healthy v weighL Weight is lost through a variety of methods, including in-cluding severe caloric restriction,' fasting, relentless exercising, use of, over-the-counter diet aids, diuretic and laxative use, and in son cases self-induced vomiting. Most of the individuals suffering from anorexia nervosa strongly deny the disorder, , in part because they often 'feel fat' . even when emaciated. -1- Bulimia is an emotional disorder which consists of episodes of binge-eating binge-eating followed by some form of purging andor severe dietary restraint re-straint A 'binge' is the secretive ' consumption r of large amounts of food over a discreet period of time. Most bulimics follow the binge by self-induced vomiting. The purge ; cycle is normally accompanied by . self-depreciating thoughts, depress-' ed mood and an awareness that the ' eating behavior is abnormal and out of control People can. be. anorexic and bulimic at the same time. At least 40 percent of people with anorexia nervosa also suffer simultaneously from bulimia. - - ' Bulimia tends to develop in late adolescence and early adulthood, but it can occur . in males and females of any age. , .- s " Joan Byrd, a nutritional expert at Lakeview Hospital,, said, "People can be taught all about nutrition and good eating habits, but an eating disorder is a psychological problem requiring therapy." Byrd continued, con-tinued, "People with anorexia or bulimia will say, 'I kriqw I'm too thin but they really don't believe they are." ''- -m i;' V ;Jane Blackwell of Wasatch Canyons Ca-nyons Hospital said, "We hope to increase the awareness of healthy attitudes toward psychological and physical development, body image, t and self-esteem. To accomplish this, we're challenging cultural attitudes at-titudes about thinness, perfection, ' achievement, and expression of : emotion that contribute-to the in-- in-- creasing incidence of eating disorders." dis-orders." : |
