Week 6 Part 3: Eating Disorders Flashcards
Eating Disorder
Consistently less than or more tha body’s caloric need to maintain a healthy body weight
Eating disorders are accompanied by…
anxiety and guilt
Eating Disorders occur without…
hunger or failure to product satiety
Eating disorders result in …
physiologic imbalances and medical complications
3 Important eating Disorders
Anorexia Nervosa
Bulimia Nervosa
Binge Eating Disorder
Binge Eating Disorder
recurrent consumption of large amounts of food - compulsive overeating
no inappropriate compensatory behaviors like purging in bulemia
Anorexia Nervosa
Life threatening condition of distrubed body image, leads to emaciation with the intense fear of becoming obese
How high is the anorexia nervosa mortality rate
Very high mortality rate - 7-10% - with high rates of suicide
Bulimia Nervosa
recurrent pattern of uncontrollable consumption of large amounts of food (binge eating) followed by attempts to eliminate the body of excess calories (purging)
Anorexia causes a very irrational fear of…
obesity
Binge Eating Disorder easting is associated with what characteristics
fast consumption
eating alone
guilt
20-30% of obese individuals report…
having done binge eating
what % of the US population may have anorexia or bulemia
1-4%
Why is it so difficult to assess amounts of eating disorders
most binge and purge in secret and their weight remains WNL (especially bulemia)
What groups and demogrpahics tend to get eating disorders
historically, whites that are well educated adolescents to young adults
Wide distribution among classes and cultures
Can manifest and persist into middle and later adulthood
Incidence of males increasing but higher rate in females
What is the ratio of male to female with anorexia
1M:2F
What is the ratio of male to female with bulemia
1M:3F
What subgroup of males has a higher incidence of eating disorders
homosexual males
What populat emphasis contributes to eating disorders
fitness
lean muscle mass
stringent weight requirements
What group is less likely to seek help for eating disorders, and come to clinic further progressed
males
Etiology of Eating Disorders
varies and is influenced by impaired psychosocial fxns, medical conditions, and psychiatric co-morbidities
Multi-factorial: develops based on interactions with family, individuals, and sociocultural influences
Vuln. pop, uncontrolled dieting,genetics, puberty, major life changes, stressors, family fxning or dysfunction, emphasis in thinness, all can contribute
Main Theory of Eating Disorders
Transactional model of Stress/Adaptation