Eating Disorders

Question 1

Eating Disorders

Answer 1

Involves a desire to control food and body when one’s situation cannot be controlled
Includes cycles of depression, health problems
Types: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder

Question 2

Anorexia Nervosa

Answer 2

Compulsion to lose weight coupled w/ certainty about being fat despite being 15+% underweight

Question 3

Bulimia Nervosa

Answer 3

Compulsion to binge and purge by losing food via laxatives, vomiting, extreme exercise

Question 4

Binge-Eating Disorder

Answer 4

Compulsion to binge, followed by guilt, depression

Question 5

What are some associated factors in developing eating disorders?

Answer 5

Having a mother focused on her child’s and her own appearance, weight
Negative self-evaluation in the family
For bulimia: childhood obesity in family
For anorexia: competitive, high-achieving, protective families
Unrealistic cultural ideals of body