I'm doing a project for one of my classes on eating disorders. It's sort of a general topic, but the presentation time we're given is an hour and we're expected to fill it. I've already checked the APA website and a few other sources for information, but if anybody knows of any good places online to find information it'd be appreciated.

Things I'll be covering:

-Different kinds of eating disorders and their symptons/behaviours
-pro-Ana and pro-Mia networks and websites
-eating disorders in men
-body image
-race and sexuality

An hour presentation??

All I can say is good luck Im afraid!

Are you going to use Powerpoint?

I'll be happy to help!

it addition to race and sexuality, it might be good to have a section on eating disorders and socioeconomic class. Perhaps it's changed, but I do remember learning tha anorexia and bulemia are more common in upper middle class/affulent people where as obesity is not.

I don't know of any websites off of the top of my head but I do know that the DSM-VI has a very thorough work up on both disorders.


Good luck.

i don't know any good websites or resources. but good louck with that, sounds like an interesting project

Are you limited to national stats? If you have more time to fill, it'd be really interesting to include a little blurb on how prevalent this problem is in other cultures. East vs. West, for example. Or limit it to North America to find out if the problem is the same in Mexico and Canada.

Shoot, you could see if there's information on the religious background of people who tend to fall victim to eating disorders.

If you'd rather stay in the states, it'd be interesting to find out which states/environments harbor the most and least cases (for each disorder), and the reasons behind those statistics.

So: culture, religion, and geography would hold my interest if I were in your audience.

susannah said:

Luckily it's not 'til the end of March, and public speaking's not a problem for me. I've had this prof before too so I know what she expects, which is handy.

2the9s said:

I'm technologically illiterate, so probably not.

I rock a mean overhead projector though.

JasmineFire said:

I actually hadn't thought of that, but that's a good idea. Thanks.

INSATIABLE said:

For example, anorexia and bulimia is probably more widespread in southern CA than it is in rural Montana.

GENERALLY.

INSATIABLE said:

Well I'm Canadian so my focus has got to be up here, but from what I've been abel to gather so far, stats are going to be easier to find regarding the States, so no doubt I'll end up including some American numbers for comparison.

meow85 said:

My apologies.

Okay, well, apply it to your provinces/major cities instead, maybe.

Will you be including global statistics as well, or just Can/USA?

INSATIABLE said:

Likely just focusing on North America, but I'm still in the planning stages right now so that could change.

What education level are you at?

An hour presentation is a huge undertaking. i would concern yourself primarily on the structure of your talk first then focus on your detail.

You could go in many directions in an hour, I can help more if you give me some kind of idea what your class/subject is.

PREDOMINANT said:

Seconded! It's important--it'll make it easier to determine how much work you'll have to do. Five minutes on this, fifteen on that, etc.

An hour! The longest I've done is 20 minutes, and that was a hell of a task. PROPS.

PREDOMINANT said:

The class is 1st year college-level Sociology.

I'm really not concerned about the length. Like I said, I had the same prof last semester who assigned similar a similar project. (different topics) I did fine with an hour presentation then, I'll do fine now. My main concern is just sorting out how much info and what to include. Luckily I've got loads of time to work with.

meow85 said:

I am assuming you are in the US, I'm sorry, but 1st year college means nothing to me. Is that college high school or freshman Uni? I wasn't criticising the length of your talk, but it IS a long time to fill properly. If you are happy with it then that is fine.

How much? not too much. Find some key facts and talk round them. Set the scene well - introduce your talk and take maybe 10 mins to do this take 40 mins for your main points and then 10 mins to summarise and conclude.

Follow some simple rules:

1
Never have more than a few points on your slide or overhead - then talk round them. DONT READ!

2
Tell them what you are going to tell them
Tell them
Tell them what you told them


Sociological aspects of this are vast and I am afraid out of my zone of expertise. If you want any help with the metabolic aspects of eating disorders let me know.

PREDOMINANT said:

Canadian. College comes after high school, and before university. Except some people only go to college. And some only to uni. I'm doing both, it's cheaper this way.