1. By: Isabella Lennon
“Anorexia nervosa isn't really about food. It's an unhealthy way
to try to cope with emotional problems. When you have
anorexia nervosa, you often equate thinness with self-worth.”
(Mayo Clinic, 2010)

2. What’s Anorexia really about?
• An Eating disorder that means loss of appetite due to
psychological illness
• A distorted view of a body image
• “A person with A3norexia often initially begins dieting to lose
weight. Over time, the weight loss becomes a sign of mastery
and control.” Roxanne Dryden-Edwards, MD

3. Anorexia is very harmful for your body
• Stomach rupture
• Bone density loss
• Anemia
• Absence of menstrual cycle
• Brittle nails
• Thin hair
• Dry skin
• Shrinking brain tissue
• Yellow skin

4. Anorexics all act the same
• Distorted body image
• No emotion
• Depression
• Disrupted sleep
• Bad attention span
• Obsessed with food
• High achievers
• No interest in previous activities

5. Anyone can be Anorexic
• 95% of anorexics are female and 1 in 100 adolescents
experience anorexia (Roxanne Dryden-Edwards, MD)
• Children as young as five
• 3.7% of women have experienced it once in there life
(Roxanne Dryden-Edwards, MD)
• 0.3% of men have experienced it once in there life
(Roxanne Dryden-Edwards, MD)

7. Anorexia can be biological
• Genetically venerable
• Dysfunction in part of a brain
• History of Under eating

8. Anorexia is a mental disease too
• Low self-worth
• Never think your thin enough
• High demands from parents

9. Society encourages Anorexia
• Magazines
• Models
• Peer pressure
• Divorce

10. You can stop Anorexia
• Change people’s eating habits
• Restore to appropriate weight
• Force feed
• Therapy
– Group
– Individual
– Family
• Medication

11. Biofeedback Therapy
• Form of Physical therapy
• Use Biofeedback Treatments
• Help patients gain control of involuntary
things

12. Education
• High School Diploma
• Bachelors Degree in Psychology
• License
• Supervised training
• Certification

13. Salary
• Between $40,000 and $80,000 per year
• Average of $57,000

14. Future demand for position
• Average growth of 12% per year

15. High School
• Atholton High School, 2012-2016
• Allied Health Academy
– Maintain “C” Average
– Completion of Biology 1
– Classes held at Application & Research Laboratory

16. College
• Indiana University Southeast
• $530.50 per credit hour
• Mascot is Grenadier
• Degree in Psychology
– Psychology 1 and 2
– 33 credit hours

17. Community Service and past employment
• Ran a successful Pet Sitting Business from 5th-
7th grade
• Volunteered for two years serving lunches to
the homeless
• Worked with Biofeedback Therapists for two
years at John Hopkins Hospital
• Three years of babysitting