BPK 140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Electrical Impedance, Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry, Hypertrophy

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Biomedical Physio & Kines
• Course: BPK 140
• Professor: Andrew Blaber

Document Summary

Bpk 140 lecture 8 body weight & weight management & mental health. Symptoms: eating away emotions when depressed, lonely, rejected, thinking about food throughout the day, eating quickly w/o pleasure, continuing to eat even when hungry you have to address emotional causes of overeating. Anorexia nervosa: loss of appetite, intense fear of getting fat, so they don"t eat, thing=beauty=they like themselves more, slows growth often in adolescence, has highest mortality rate for a psychiatric disorder. Bulimia nervosa = great hunger: extreme overeating then they"ll vomit it out, cycle starts over, warning signs: Frequent dieting, they eat then they diet: medical risks: Binge eating disorder: similar to bulimia, but they don"t compensate w/o vomiting, episodes where they just eat & eat, Risk factors for eating disroders: biological. Parental attitudes & behaviors, comments on body image: sociocultural. Contributes to a lot of risks/dangers of being overweight. Society staying the same height, but bmi increasing.