Eating Disorders

Question 1

Eating disorder prevalance in Canada

Answer 1

70% women dieting and 30% men

Question 2

Eating disorder ranks which in mortality rate

Answer 2

10-20 % eventually dying

Question 3

2014 rate increased

Answer 3

42 %

Question 4

Other mental illnesses with eating disorders were:

Answer 4

depression, anxiety, reaction to severe stress

Question 5

Fairly new eating disorder

Answer 5

avoidant/ restrictive food intake

Question 6

physical symptoms of anorexia

Answer 6

fine body hair grow, 
temp drops
skin dry and scaly
hair is brittle and falls out 
hands and feet cold

Question 7

Cycle of eating disorder

Answer 7

1. self starvation
2. stomach shrinks
3. stomach protrudes
4. perceptions of fatness reinforced
5. fluid retention/ bloating
6. distorted body image worsens
7. fixated on refusing food

Question 8

Purging type

Answer 8

physically removing ingested food from the body

Question 9

Non-purging type

Answer 9

burning off calories thru exercise or fasting

Question 10

Causes of eating disorders

Answer 10

individual characteristics
family
biology
social/ cultural messages

Question 11

Reverse anorexia

Answer 11

excessive worry that muscles are too small and underdeveloped

Question 12

demographic of people with eating disorders

Answer 12

ages 15-25

90% women

Question 13

are eating disorders new?

Answer 13

no. practiced in time of Caesar and saints fasting

Question 14

Most life threatening damage

Answer 14

done to the heart

Question 15

Orthorexia ( not in DSM)

Answer 15

over think every label on what is healthy and what is. develops into eating disorder thinking