Chapter 9- Eating Disorders & Obesity

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Anorexia nervosa

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Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat coupled with refusal to maintain adequate nutrition and with severe loss of body weight.

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Eating disorders

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Disorders of food ingestion, regurgitation, or attitude that affect health and well-being, such as anorexia, bulimia, or binge eating.

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Binge

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An out-of-control consumption of an amount of food that is far greater than what most people would eat in the same amount of time and under the same circumstances.

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Purge

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The removal of food from the body by such means as self induced vomiting or misuse of laxatives, diuretics, and enemas.

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Bulimia nervosa

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Frequent occurrence of binge eating episodes accompanied by a sense of loss of control of over eating and recurrence inappropriate behaviors such as purging or excessive exercise to prevent weight gain.

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Binge eating disorder

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Distinct from non-purging bulimia nervosa, whereby binging is not accompanied by inappropriate compensatory behavior to limit weight gain.

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Hypothalamus

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Key structure at the base of the brain, important in emotion and motivation.

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Set point

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The tendency of our bodies to resist efforts to bring about a marked change (increase or decrease) in weight.

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Serotonin

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A neurotransmitter from the indoleamine class that is synthesized from the amino acid tryptophan. Also referred to as a 5-HT (five-hydroxytryptamine), this neurotransmitter is thought to be involved in a wide range of psychopathological conditions.

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Perfectionism

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The need to get things exactly right. A personality trait that may increase risk for the development of eating disorders, perhaps because perfectionistic people maybe more likely to idealize thinness.

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Negative affect

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The experience of an emotional state characterized by negative emotions. Such negative emotions might include anger, anxiety, irritability, and sadness.

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Obesity

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The condition of having elevated fat masses in the body. Obesity is defined as having a body mass index of 30 or higher.

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Body mass index

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An estimation of total body fat collected as body weight in kilograms divided by height (in meters) squared.

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Leptin

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A hormone produced by fat cells that acts to reduce food intake.

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Grehlin

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A hormone that is produced by the stomach. It stimulates appetite.

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How are anorexia and bulimia different

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Anorexia: distorted perceptions of their body size
Bulimia: accurate body perceptions