PSYC 2500 Lecture 7: PSYC 2500 Lecture 7
15 Nov 2016
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An eating disordered characterized by abnormally low body weight, intense fear of gaining weight, and a distorted perception of body weight. Place high value on controlling their weight and shape, using extreme efforts that tend to signi cantly interfere with activities in their lives (mayo clinic: bulimia nervosa. May secretly binge eat large amounts of food, and then purge trying to get rid of the extra calories in an unhealthy way. Can be calorized as purging bulimia and nonpurging bulimia: obesity. A chronic and often progressive condition, similar to diabetes or high blood pressure. It is characterized by excess body fat that can threaten or affect your health (canadian obesity network) Wednesday, september 28, 2016: over 2 million children in canada are overweight or obese. Likely to grow up and be obese adults. Adopt unhealthy behaviours to try and combat the weight: smoking, diet pills, fasting, liposuction.
