E2 Eating Disorders

Question 1

Underweight BMI

Answer 1

<18.5

Question 2

Normal BMI

Answer 2

18.5-24.9

Question 3

Overweight BMI

Answer 3

25-29.9

Question 4

Obese BMI

Answer 4

30-39.9

Question 5

Morbidly obese BMI

Answer 5

40+

Question 6

What disorder are reoccurring episodes of rapid consumption of food?

Answer 6

Binge Eating

Question 7

Binge Eating Disorder has 3 primary signs. Name em

Answer 7

1. Discrete period (<2 hours)
2. Lack of control
3. Distress

Question 8

Does binge eating happen commonly in public?

Answer 8

No; usually in secrecy

Question 9

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

Answer 9

1. Disruption
2. Running out of food

Question 10

What is the main difference between binge eating disorder and bulimia nervosa?

Answer 10

Binge Eating has NO COMPENSATORY BEHAVIOR

Question 11

Vomiting, diuretics, or extreme exercises are all examples of

Answer 11

Compensatory behaviors

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Bulimia Nervosa

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Purging

Question 14

Maladaptive exercise or fasting are what type of compensatory behavior?

Answer 14

Non-purging

Question 15

Do bulimia nervosa patients have to have extreme low BMIs?

Answer 15

NO

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Anorexia patients have EXTREMELY LOW BODY WEIGHTS (<18.5)

Question 17

Anorexia patients must have (3)

Answer 17

1. Low body weight
2. Fear of gaining weight
3. Body image disturbance

Question 18

What is the main cause of eating disorders?

Answer 18

Happiness is commonly related to a certain body image

Question 19

What was the purpose of the Minnesota Starvation Study?

Answer 19

To renourish and rehabilitate WWII soldiers

Question 20

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

Answer 20

1. Depression/distorted body image
2. Talking and dreaming of food
3. Self-Harm

Question 21

What was the normalization phase of the Minnesota Starvation Study?

Answer 21

Insatiable appetite, but never ever full

Question 22

When do Eating disorders usually develop?

Answer 22

Adolescence

Question 23

Why are eating disorders most common in females?

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Bulimia Nervosa is most commonly associated with what psychological conditions?

Answer 24

Anxiety and mood disorders

Question 25

Depression does not cause bulimia but may _________ it

Answer 25

Follow

Question 26

What psychological conditions are most commonly associated with anorexia?

Answer 26

Severe panic, depression, anxiety, ESPECIALLY OCD

Question 27

Explain how OCD plays into Anorexia

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Bulimia is most common in

Answer 28

Adolescent women

Question 29

Nasser (1988) showed what about Egyptian Women ?

Answer 29

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

Question 30

What did Nasser 1998 prove?

Answer 30

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

Question 31

What did Striegel-Moore's research on Bulimia prove?

Answer 31

The non-purging type is much less common than purging

Question 32

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

Answer 32

Marques and Colleagues

Question 33

True or False: Eating Disorders are not biological

Answer 33

False

Question 34

True or False: Eating disorders relate highly to social pressures

Answer 34

True

Question 35

Do eating disorder patients have diminished senses of personal control?

Answer 35

Yes

Question 36

What did Fallon and Rozin prove about male body weight ?

Answer 36

Men have different body perceptions than women

Question 37

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

Answer 37

Pope and colleagues

Question 38

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

Answer 38

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

Question 39

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

Answer 39

Keys