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E2 Eating Disorders Flashcards

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1
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Underweight BMI

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<18.5

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Normal BMI

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18.5-24.9

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Overweight BMI

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25-29.9

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Obese BMI

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30-39.9

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Morbidly obese BMI

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40+

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What disorder are reoccurring episodes of rapid consumption of food?

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Binge Eating

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Binge Eating Disorder has 3 primary signs. Name em

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  1. Discrete period (<2 hours)
  2. Lack of control
  3. Distress
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Does binge eating happen commonly in public?

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No; usually in secrecy

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What are the two things that can end a binge eating episode?

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  1. Disruption
  2. Running out of food
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What is the main difference between binge eating disorder and bulimia nervosa?

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Binge Eating has NO COMPENSATORY BEHAVIOR

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Vomiting, diuretics, or extreme exercises are all examples of

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Compensatory behaviors

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What disorder is an episode of rapid eating followed by a compensatory behavior?

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Bulimia Nervosa

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Vomiting, diuretics, laxatives are all what type of compensatory behavior?

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Purging

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Maladaptive exercise or fasting are what type of compensatory behavior?

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Non-purging

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15
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Do bulimia nervosa patients have to have extreme low BMIs?

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NO

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What is the main difference between anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa?

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Anorexia patients have EXTREMELY LOW BODY WEIGHTS (<18.5)

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Anorexia patients must have (3)

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  1. Low body weight
  2. Fear of gaining weight
  3. Body image disturbance
18
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What is the main cause of eating disorders?

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Happiness is commonly related to a certain body image

19
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What was the purpose of the Minnesota Starvation Study?

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To renourish and rehabilitate WWII soldiers

20
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What were the 3 Psychological Effects of the Minn. Star. Study?

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  1. Depression/distorted body image
  2. Talking and dreaming of food
  3. Self-Harm
21
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What was the normalization phase of the Minnesota Starvation Study?

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Insatiable appetite, but never ever full

22
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When do Eating disorders usually develop?

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Adolescence

23
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Why are eating disorders most common in females?

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Post-puberty girls usually gain fat which impacts self-image

24
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Bulimia Nervosa is most commonly associated with what psychological conditions?

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Anxiety and mood disorders

25
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Depression does not cause bulimia but may _________ it

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Follow

26
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What psychological conditions are most commonly associated with anorexia?

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Severe panic, depression, anxiety, ESPECIALLY OCD

27
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Explain how OCD plays into Anorexia

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Obsession: Losing weight/Low Body weight
Compulsions: Purging, low-caloric intake

28
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Bulimia is most common in

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Adolescent women

29
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Nasser (1988) showed what about Egyptian Women ?

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There were no eating disorders from the women in Egypt, but 12% of women that moved to England developed an eating disorder

30
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What did Nasser 1998 prove?

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Moving to western countries caused some Egyptian women to develop eating disorders

31
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What did Striegel-Moore’s research on Bulimia prove?

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The non-purging type is much less common than purging

32
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Who found that the prevalence of eating disorders is now more similar among non-Hispanic Whites, African American, Asian American, and Hispanic females?

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Marques and Colleagues

33
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True or False:
Eating Disorders are not biological

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False

34
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True or False:
Eating disorders relate highly to social pressures

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True

35
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Do eating disorder patients have diminished senses of personal control?

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Yes

36
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What did Fallon and Rozin prove about male body weight ?

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Men have different body perceptions than women

37
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What study demonstrated, in a pilot study, that most women preferred an ordinary male body without the added muscle?

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Pope and colleagues

38
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What did Stice and colleagues research about adolescent eating disorders (in females) show?

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That weight reduction efforts are more likely to cause a weight GAIN instead of loss

39
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Who was the main researcher involved in the WW2 semi-starvation study?

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