PSY 3171 Lecture 7: PSY3171 - Lecture 7.2

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3171
• Professor: Guergana Roumenova Mileva;

Document Summary

In the middle ages girls who refused to eat were considered saints: revered for their discipline. 60"s and 70"s twiggy became a fashion icon: new ultra-thin female shape was considered the norm, late 70"s new eating disorder called bulimia nervosa was identified (first time it become well known) Age of onset- late teen"s, early 20s. Bulimia nervosa: food restriction alternates with periods of binge eating, 1/5 female,. 5% male lifetime prevalence. Anorexia nervosa: fear of fatness, perceive themselves as fat, severe calorie restriction. Binge- eating disorder: recurrent binge eating ,but with no compensatory behavior. People with anorexia are normally 15% below the ideal weight, while people with bulimia are usually within the normal range. Increase in 5-9 year olds, but primary in the 15-19 year olds. Need to eat things that are not food: rumination disorder. Chew food, then split it out: avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (afrid) Resembles anorexia but individual don"t perceive themselves as fat.