Foods and Nutrition 1030E Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Disordered Eating, Eating Disorder, Weight Loss
20 Oct 2015
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Determining an eating disorder first requires a definition for normal eating. People"s attitudes toward eating and body image occur on a continuum. Eating disorders are not the same as disordered eating. Eating disorder: psychiatric condition involving extreme body dissatisfaction and long term eating patterns harming the body. Disordered eating: variety of abnormal or atypical eating behaviours used to reduce or gain weight. Multiple factors may contribute to the development of an eating disorder. Personality traits (perfectionism, low self-esteem, need for approval, all or nothing thinking) Computer-enhanced images of perfect bodies fill the media. Adolescents are not always able to distinguish between reality and media fantasy. Comparing themselves to these images, adolescents may develop a negative body image. Males will often describe dieting to be healthy underlying issues are often similar to females. Males often report being teased about their physical appearance often takes longer for diagnosis.
