PSYC 2113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Binge Eating Disorder, Human Body Weight, Binge Eating
16 Apr 2018
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Our culture has high rates of disordered eating (unhealthy relationship with food, not a disorder) It is typical to eat food just because it tastes good. Food plays a huge part in our society. Not normal behaviours: binge eating, dieting, regularly skipping meals, self-induced vomiting, obsessive calorie counting, self-worth based on body shape, misusing laxatives or diuretics, fasting or chronic restraint. These are examples of behaviour that can meet criteria for a disorder but that may also just be part of disordered eating. Binge eating disorder is new to dsm-5. This is controversial as some people feel we are pathologizing gluttony. Bulimia and anorexia: severe fear of putting on weight and disruptions in eating. Bulimia: the hallmark is binge-eati(cid:374)g (cid:894)i(cid:374) 2 hours" ti(cid:373)e the perso(cid:374) eats (cid:373)ore tha(cid:374) (cid:449)hat is typi(cid:272)al(cid:895), a(cid:374)other (cid:272)hara(cid:272)teristi(cid:272) is that people feel like they (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t stop (cid:894)it is uncontrollable)
