PSYCO239 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Muscle Tone, 24 Minutes, Epigenetic Clock
9 May 2016
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Effects 90-95% women and is the most common eating disorder on college campuses. Eating a large amount of food, especially junk food, compared to others. Amount of caloric intake varies a lot from person to person but it is seen by the person as out of control. The person tries to compensate by purging right after binging. Dieting results in out-of-control binge-eating episodes that are often followed by purging the food through vomiting or other means eating is experienced as out of control, important criterion. Laxative users shown to be more impulsive compared to vomiters. Some compensate by fasting a lot of exercising excessively, although exercising to excess is more common in anorexia. Excessive exercising may be an early warning sign for anorexia. Laxative abuse can lead to permanent colon damage. Calluses can develop on fingers from shoving finger down throat. Food intake is cut down dramatically, results in substantial weight loss and sometimes dangerously low body weight.
