Eating Disorders

Task: Using terminology appropriate to a high school audience, develop a short powerpoint presentation that includes: 1. An explanation of the concept of healthy weight and a description of what it means to be underweight, overweight and obese. 2. Discuss what happens to the body if too many or too few calories are consumed (in other words, what are the physiological effects of over-or under-consumption of calories) 3. List and explain three environmental factors that often contribute to higher body weight. 4. Describe a basic plan for healthy weight loss and/or weight gain. 5. Select two eating disorders or disordered eating behaviors and give a brief description of the disorder and its effects on the body Be creative. Your presentation might include diagrams, photographs graphs etc. Remember, you are speaking to a group of at-risk teenagers! Remember, your document must be saved with .pdf, ppt, or pptx file extensions.