L16: Eating Disorders

Question 1

What are the two most common forms of eating disorders

Answer 1

Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa

Question 2

What are the cores of both most common eating disorder

Answer 2

1. an intense and pathological fear of becoming overweight and fat
2. a pursuit of thinness that is relentless and sometimes deadly

Question 3

Eating disorders co-occur with what

Answer 3

Clinical depression, OCD, substance use disorders, 50% have anxiety disorder

Question 4

Anorexia Nervosa

Answer 4

Refusal to maintain normal body weight that // with age and height

Intense fear of gaining weight, despite being underweight; persistent behaviors that interfere with weight gain

Distortions in the perception of one’s body weight or shape, undue influence of body weight or shape on self-evaluation, or denial of the seriousness of the current low body weight

Typically restricting food intake

Question 5

Types of Anorexia Nervosa

Answer 5

Restricting type, binge/purge

Question 6

Bulimia Nervosa

Answer 6

Having normal weight and eating more than normal because it doesn’t feel like it’s enough AND THEN throwing it all up.

Must occur once a week for 3 months

Question 7

What does Bulimia Nervosa have that Anorexia Nervosa doesn’t?

Answer 7

Bulimia Nervosa is normal weight.

Question 8

Types of Bulimia Nervosa

Answer 8

Non-purging, Purging

Question 9

Side effects of bulimia Nervosa

Answer 9

Renal, Gastrointestinal, Electrolyte, Laxative Abuse Complications

Dental Problems

Question 10

Purging

Answer 10

Throwing up food to avoid weight gain

Question 11

Non-purging

Answer 11

Exercise to avoid the weight gain

Question 12

Difference between Anorexia and bulimia

Answer 12

Anorexia:

• Severity judged by BMI
• Strong 100% control over food intake

Question 13

Difference between Anorexia and bulimia

Answer 13

Anorexia:

• Severity judged by BMI
• Strong 100% control over food intake
• Self-starvation –> 15%+ ideal body weight loss

Bulimia:

• Severity is judged by number of purging episodes per week
• Feeling out of control over eating
• At normal weight or above

Question 14

Binge Eating Disorder

Answer 14

Recurring episodes of eating too much in a discrete period of time

• ex. normal person and this person eat lunch for 45 minutes, but normal person only eats one plate, the other eats 3.

= bulimia without the purging

Question 15

how in Binge Earring Disorder different from bulimia?

Answer 15

Binge eating is not associated with the recurrent use of inaaporopriate compensatory behaviors

ex. purging

Question 16

Causes of Eating Disorder

Answer 16

a. Biological:
- Genetics
- Odd serotonin and dopamine activity
- Hypothalamus: –> Lateral side produces hunger
- -> Ventromedial side reduces hunger

b. Societal and psychological:
- Perfectionism
- Most start with normal dieting
- Social pressure
- Food as coping mechanism
- History of sexual abuse
- Occupational factors

Question 17

Causes of Eating Disorder Pt. 2