Eating Disorders Flashcards
Anorexia Nervosa
Obsessive desire to lose weight/ be thin by restricting food
Weight of anorexic patients
BMI under 18
Symptoms of AN
Low body weight
Fear of weight gain
Body image disturbance
Restrictions in AN
Amount of food
Type of food
Other ways AN patients may try to lose weight
Purging
Excessive exercise
Subjective binges
Reported binge but food intake was small
Objective binges
Large amount of food in a small period of time
What type of binges may occur in AN
Subjective binges
Disturbance in body image
Dissatisfaction with
Certain body part
Overall weight
Shape of body
Associated features of AN
Social withdrawal
Irritability
Preoccupation with food
Depression
Subtypes of AN
Binge/purging
Restricting
Bulimia Nervosa
Binge eating followed by compensating
Compensatory behaviours
Fasting
Excessive exercise
Purging
What types of binges take place in BN
Objective binges
How often must the cycle occur and for how long for a BN diagnosis
atleast 1/week for 3 months
Symptoms of BN
Objective binges followed by compensatory behaviours
Undue influence of body image and weight on self esteem
BN weight
normal weight or slightly overweight
Binge eating Disorder
Recurrent objective binges + distress
of symptoms needed for a BED diagnosis
atleast 3
BED symptoms
Eating rapidly
Eating until uncomfortably full
Eating large amounts of food when not hungry
Eating alone due to embarrassment about amount of food being eaten
Feeling disgusted, guilty or depressed after binge
Are compensatory behaviours used in BED
No, not regularly
Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
Difficulty in eating, results in lack of nutrition and energy consumption
Is that lack of food intake in AFID due to body image disturbances
No it is not
Eating disorders are more common in which gender
Female, 2-3 times more common
Most common eating disorder
Binge -eating Disorder
Second most common eating disorder
Bulimia Nervosa
Rarest eating disorder
Anorexia Nervosa
Which disorder shows the most gender differences
Anorexia Nervosa
Which disorder shows the least gender differences
Binge-eating disorder
What eating behaviours do men participate in the most
Binge-eating and excessive exercise
Which male group reports the highest level of symptoms
Middle age men