First of all I would like to consider eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia.Individuals have eating disorders when their lives revolves around food, for example, they plan their life around eating and not eating food. For instance, people with these disorders can overeat and under eat. Eating disorders are characterised by an abnormal attitude towards food, for example, individual can change their eating habits. One of the reasons why person is having the eating disorder could be that they may focus on their weight, shape and figure. It can make people eat not healthy food or under eat.
It can mean that tasks such as making a cup of tea, or a sandwich can no longer be completed. Mobility is often affected in advanced dementia, which may mean individuals, can no longer physically, hold or lift items needed to eat and drink. People can often become withdrawn and depressed within dementia, and often this causes issues around eating, as emotional mood can greatly affect appetite. It can sometimes mean that people do not want to eat, have no will to and lack the function to have, or prepare a meal. However, Dementia can have the opposite effect.
Unit 4222-366 (DEM 302) Outcome 1 1. Describe how cognitive, functional and emotional changes associated with dementia can affect eating, drinking and nutrition. Firstly I will look at cognitive in reference to eating, drinking and nutrition. Some people with dementia can suffer from clinical depression and this would be a cognitive change, as an affect of depression the appetite of an individual will be affected and this may lead to someone having a small or no appetite and under eating this may lead to malnutrition and dehydration, or someone having an increase appetite which will cause over eating and may lead to someone gaining weight or becoming obese which carries many health conditions. Secondly, functional changes that may occur with someone with dementia is that they may have had a stroke or have weakness in using limbs which would affect them using utensils such as a knife and fork for instance not having the strength to lift the fork to their mouth.
SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS People develop and experience eating disorders differently. They can often go undetected because it is a very secretive issue. Behavioral warning signs such as moodiness can be seen as normal. Social warnings can include withdrawal or isolation, decreased interest in normal activities or hobbies and avoid activities that involve food. Eating disorders frequently co-occur with other psychiatric disorders such as depression, substance abuse, obsessive compulsive disorder and anxiety disorders.
For example: A Service user cannot understand a menu when It is present in a list form , so we could help them make their choice by getting images of meals they would be presented with to eat. Also try to explain the importance of a healthy diet. If the dilemma was to be a reoccurrence or become a bigger issue at meal times, it would be a good idea to report it to the NIC or the service users case manager to then discuss other options available with the chef. 2. Each service user is different and they all like/ dislike different foods.
Countries where eating disorders are common include Japan, South Korea, Thailand, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, Pakistan, Egypt and Israel. It is also difficult to identify a person with eating disorders, especially Asians, because the females tend to be thinner and have a smaller frame. Although there is no local data, it is believed the prevalence in Malaysia is not very far off these rates. Occasionally men develop eating
Chips, candy, etc) and fast food. It is very convenient to go through a drive through, call for takeout, or lounge in a restaurant. But what is not realized are the harmful starches and calories being put into their body that in the long-run will have negative effects on the person’s health. Therefore, if Americans became more proactive, and increased their physical exercise, the risk of obesity would
It is often looked upon as a phase of childhood that is generally overcome while growing older. But some people do not grow out of the disorder, however, and may continue to be afflicted with ARFID throughout their adult lives. With ARFID the failure to consume adequate amounts of food is affiliated with serious this disorder. Those suffering with ARFID avoid specific food because of the fear of throwing up or disliking the texture of the food. The DSM V states, there is currently only a minuscule amount of evidence directly linking ARFID and subsequent onset of an eating disorder.
In paragraph nine “Don’t Eat the Flan”, Critser mentioned that “Telling people to not eat too much food is counterproductive. Worse, it leads to ‘stigmatization’, which can lead to eating disorders, low self-esteem, and bad body image. Though the consequences of being overweight, numerous and well documented, are dangerous, little if any evidence supports the notion that it is dangerous to stigmatize unhealthy behavior.” In the physical, being overweight will cause many kinds of disease, such as endocrine disorders, diabetes, and heart disease. While along a search says that the top three causes of death in the United State are currently cerebrovascular disease, cancer, and heart disease; obesity seems push us closer to death. It is dangerous, even people have been helped out of the obesity; the obesity will leave traces on their body.
This can lead to many eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, over eating and bulimia. These are very serious eating disorders which are usually caused by body image problems. They feel that they need to be thin to be accepted in the society. The media puts so much pressure on the society to be thin that