Restriction is often viewed as a desirable behaviour and diet culture has attached a high moral value with “control” around eating. Individuals may engage in dieting or eating disorder behaviours, like restriction without understanding how these behaviours cause damage to the body. There is often denial among individuals living with EDs, of the severity or damage caused of their ED symptoms, especially if their blood work is relatively normal or they are not underweight. Learning more about how malnutrition and fluctuations metabolism cause damage to the body can help motivate individuals to change their behaviours.
This two-page non-branded handout reviews:
- The function and components of metabolism
- What energy that is consumed is used for
- How to build a strong metabolism
- The concepts of hypometabolism and hypermetabolism, as they relate to ED/dieting behaviours and recovery
- A visual diagram illustrating the changes to metabolism and weight that occur with ED/dieting behaviours and recovery
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- ARFID (Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder )101
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