Eating Flashcards
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Bulimia
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Failed anorexics. Binge eat and then vomit.
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Anorexia
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Eat as little as slowly has possible. Hypothermia (cold) and hyperactivity.
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Psychiatric symptoms of eating disorders
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Depression obsession anxiety mania paranoia
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Psychotherapy on eating disorders
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10% recovery, 10% death
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Pharmacotherapy
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SSRIs can inhibit food intake. Not very effective.
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Normal people eating pace is exponential, plateaus, ppl with disorders…
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Eating disordered people eat at a constant rate. They “beat” the body’s satiety hormones to stuff food in their body.
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Treatment of eating disorders is similar to treati ng__
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Drug addictions, must extinct the ritual and relearn how to eat.
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Satiation hormones
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Peptide YY (PYY) up, ghrelin down
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Obesity stats
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2/3 in America overweight, 1/2 of overweight are obese.
