I. Introduction
A. Attention Getter – I know most of us as kids like putting anything we find in our mouth whether it is dirty or clean, but with pica we eat anything we see because we have a craving for the unexplainably.
B. Tie to the Audience – Remember how when we were small at the playground our parents let us play in the sandbox. Since we were curious little kids and we love the texture and the feel of the sand we wanted to taste the sand and see if it tastes as good as it feels. We took up a whole heaping and put it in out mouth to taste it, but it doesn’t taste as good as it feels. Pica is similar but you cannot control what you crave to eat and it can be deadly.
C. Credentials – pica disorder effects children and adults, the effects …show more content…
Purpose – The purpose of my speech is to inform the audience about a disorder called Pica.
E. Thesis/Preview – While pica disorder sometimes can be really dangerous but rarely healthy, this disorder is dangerous because you are consuming substances that have little or no nutritional value even though pica can be cure it takes a really long time before you can get better, the symptoms of pica varies with age and the difference thing people eat, and pica effects children differently than …show more content…
In the end being pregnant can cause you to have Pica behavior because your body is supporting for two persons and without all the nutrition’s your body needs to support you and your baby it is going to start craving unusual things. As reported by the bump pregnant women get strange cravings for things that are edible but sometimes can be dangerous for the baby health like dirt, clay, and chalk.
B. Main Point Two – Now that I have tell about the three main reasons for Pica disorder. Next I am going to tell you about the causes, symptoms, and complication associate with the behavior.
1. According to heathatoz Iron deficiency is the leading cause of pica or a result of it. Because some substances, such as clay or dirt, are believed to block the absorption of iron into the bloodstream, it was thought that low blood levels of iron could be the direct result of pica. However, some studies have shown that pica cravings in individuals with iron deficiency stop once iron supplements are given to correct the deficiency or in some cases the pica behavior don’t stop because the individuals is use to eat that certain substance.
2. In some cultures, nonfood substances are believed to have positive health effects. Among the south some African American believed that ingesting a particular kind of odd colored clay is believed to promote health and reduce morning sickness during