Lesson Plan Template – ED 3501 (Version C)
Lesson
PIP: Disordered Eating Date November 19, 2020
Title/Focus
Subject/Grade Time
Grade 7 Wellness 45mins
Level Duration
Unit Personal Inquiry Project Teacher Mrs. Zachery
OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES
General
Students will make responsible and informed choices to maintain health and to promote safety for self
Learning
and others.
Outcomes:
Specific W–7.4 analyze the messages and approaches used by the media to promote certain body images and
Learning lifestyle choices
Outcomes: W–7.5 relate the factors that influence individual food choices to nutritional needs of adolescents; e.g.,
finances, media, peer pressure, hunger, body image, activity
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will be able to…
1. Differentiate between different eating disorders
2. Identify the signs and symptoms of different eating disorders
3. Identify the risk factors for developing an eating disorder
ASSESSMENTS
Observations: ● Students being respectful and empathetic during such a sensitive topic
Key Questions: ● How can I identify disordered eating within myself and others?
● What are the risk factors for developing an eating disorder?
● Why should we be aware of these risk factors?
Performances/Products: ● Discussions
LEARNING RESOURCES CONSULTED MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT
● Slides ● Computer, projector
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PROCEDURE
● Go through the Slides and make sure everything is in working order :)
Prior to lesson
● Have the Slides ready on the projector
Introduction Time
Attention Grabber Remind the students that we are learning about eating disorders today.
There might be some sensitive information in here that can be triggering.
2mins
If anyone feels uncomfortable at any time, they can raise their hand and
tap their wrist. I’ll know this means they need to tap out for a moment.
Assessment of Prior Go through the Facts and Fallacies slides in the presentation. Have
Knowledge students guess the answers, then reveal the truth.
Slide 3 - Think about what you guys already know about disordered
eating. Are you sure it’s the truth? Because sometimes we are told or we
believe something that is actually wrong. Let’s fix that!
5-10mins
Slide 4 - Belief: Purging is done via vomiting. Truth: Purging can be done
in a variety of different ways. Vomiting, laxatives, diuretics, exercising, etc.
Slide 5 - Dieting is healthy and helps you lose weight. Truth: Dieting is
unhealthy and typically leads to weight gain!
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Slide 6 - Eating disorders are deadly. Truth: Eating disorders are the
second most deadly mental disorder, only passed by opioid addiction.
The mortality rate for those who do not seek treatment is 10-20%.
Slide 7 - You have to be underweight to be considered sick. Truth: You can
be sick at ANY weight.
Slide 8 - Only teenagers have eating disorders. They grow out of it as
adults. Truth: People as young as 5 can develop an eating disorder, and
this can last for the rest of their life.
Slide 9 - 26% of people with an eating disorder will attempt suicide at
least once in their life. Eating disorders are even more deadly than major
depression. Anorexia kills 12x more women than any other cause of death
between the ages of 15-24.
Slide 10 - Over 50% of diet-based products and services are based on
unfounded statements and/or blatant lies.
Slide 11 - Approximately 25% of all dieters will develop an eating disorder.
That’s one in four people!
Slide 12 - People who diet are 12x more likely to binge than those who
don’t diet. This is why dieting often leads to weight gain.
Slide 13 - About 66% of those diagnosed with an eating disorder are
women. The other 33% are men. Again, this is just DIAGNOSED.
Transition to Body Next, you will be discussing risk factors and then the three main types of
disordered eating: Anorexia, bulimia, and binge-eating. You will also
1min
mention Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified, also known as
EDNOS.
Body Time
Learning Activity #1 Go through the Slides:
Slide 14 - Next, we’ll talk about some risk factors. These are things that
may make a person more likely to develop an eating disorder. What are
some possible factors we can think of? Discuss briefly.
Slide 15 - Self-esteem. Low self-esteem, body stigma, and bullying are all
huge contributors. There is also something known as body dysmorphia.
Does anyone know what that is? It’s when your mind focuses on a specific
feature of your body and exaggerates it, making you believe that you look
differently than you actually do.
25mins
Slide 16 - Social media. Students your age use media for about 7-9 hours a
day on average - however, just 30mins a day can impact how you view
yourself and lower your body confidence. Things like “life highlights”,
cyberbullying, advertisements, etc. are big reasons for this.
Slide 17 - Dieting. If you diet, you are 5x more likely to develop an eating
disorder. If you excessively diet, then you are 18x more likely!!! In a study
of students aged 14-15, 59% of girls and 28% of boys said they were
actively dieting, and 68% of girls and 51% of boys said they exercised for
the sole purpose of losing weight.
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Slide 18 - Genetics. If there is a woman in your family with prior history of
an eating disorder (MPHEDs), you are 10x more likely to develop an eating
disorder. If you have ADHD, you are 3.6x more likely (specifically if it is
undiagnosed). If you were considered obese as a child, you are 2x more
likely.
Slide 19 - Co-existing illnesses are when more than one illness is present at
the same time. So you might have an eating disorder, as well as one of
these illnesses. Depression is the most common one, which affects about
90% of those with an eating disorder. Other common ones are anxiety,
PTSD, and OCD.
Slide 20 - Gender. As discussed before, about 66% of those diagnosed
with an eating disorder are women, thus women are more at-risk than
men are. However, more men are seeking help than ever, and we have
seen a 53% increase since 1999.
Slide 21 - Homosexual (gay) men are 3x more likely to develop and eating
disorder, however it is believed that homosexual (gay) women are no more
likely than a hetereosexual (straight) woman is. Transgender people are
significantly more at-risk, however those exact numbers are unknown and
more research is required here. More research is also required in other
areas of LGBT+, such as those who identify as bisexual, queer,
questioning, etc.
Slide 22 - People of colour are significantly more at-risk of developing an
eating disorder, however the biggest concern is that they are far LESS
likely of receiving help and being diagnosed. There are many reasons for
this, but a big part of it is due to bias by classmates, doctors, and families.
Of all races, it is believed that African Americans and Hispanics are the
most at-risk.
Slide 23 - Other factors that contribute to the development of an eating
disorder. Education, income, athletics.
Slide 24 - Anorexia nervosa. Ask the class if anyone knows what it is.
Slide 25 - It is classified by an intense fear of gaining weight or becoming
fat. If you do not have that fear, you will not be diagnosed with anorexia
and may be diagnosed with a different eating disorder. There are two
types of anorexia: typical and atypical. Typical anorexia means you are
underweight, and atypical anorexia means you are average weight or
overweight.
Slide 26 - Examples of typical anorexia.
Slide 27 - Examples of atypical anorexia.
Slide 28 - Bulimia nervosa. Ask the class if anyone knows what it is.
Slide 29 - Bulimia is a pattern of restricting or purging food followed by
binging food. So a person might starve themselves, then lose control and
eat a lot of food later on. Then they will try to get rid of the food through
vomiting, exercising, etc. And that cycle repeats.
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Slide 30 - Those with bulimia are typically average weight or overweight.
Slide 31 - Examples of people with bulimia.
Slide 32 - While anorexia is classified by an intense fear of gaining weight,
bulimia is classified by being driven by a desire to lose weight.
Slide 33 - It is common for someone with bulimia to originally have had
anorexia. In other words, anorexia often evolves into bulimia - but not
always. People can have bulimia but have never had bulimia, and some
people will have anorexia and never develop bulimia.
Slide 34 - Binge-eating disorder. Does anyone know what that is?
Slide 35 - Binging is when you lose control of how much you are eating,
and you eat so much that you are physically in pain. These are very large
portions of food - more than a person would eat during a normal meal.
While we all do this sometimes, to be classified as binge-eating disorder a
person must binge at least once a week for at least three months.
ONLY IF THERE IS TIME:
Slide 36 - Common signs: Weight and food. Read the slides.
Slide 37 - Common signs: Social. Read the slides.
Slide 38 - Common signs: Exercise and other. Read the slides.
Slide 39 - Common signs: Mental and emotional. Read the slides.
Slide 40 - Common signs: Physical. read the slides.
Slide 41 - Common signs: Physical. read the slides.
Teacher Notes: Assessments/
Differentiation
Closure Time
Consolidation of Learning: Ask the class to raise their hand if they learned ONE new thing today.
What was it? 5mins
Take a few answers and discuss.
Reflections from the
lesson
Feedback from/to
students, what to do next
time, what went well, what
needs improvement, etc.
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