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Module 6 - Exercise Therapy
Teaching/learning method
Discussion, team-based learning, pair work. Students work in a team or in pairs and then report to class their findings. They discuss the answers to a Case study above.
Resources for Obesity
The case of an obese teenage girl
Download the resource in 
Resources for Eating Disorders
External link: Online Article
(students read the article in-class and discuss in pairs)
Exercise to treat an eating disorder?
https://exerciseright.com.au/exercise-treat-eating-disorder/
The article succinctly lists how exercise affects those living with an eating disorder.
Discussion points
Choose one aspect that increases and one that decreases with exercise in patients suffering from EDs and discuss why these changes happen and their importance for the patient’s overall wellbeing.
