SOWK 2025 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, Binge Eating
8 Apr 2017
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Restriction of energy intake relative to requirements , leading to a significantly low body weight in the context of age, sex, developmental trajectory, and physical health. Significantly low weight is defined as a weight that is less than minimally normal or, for children and adolescents, less than that minimally expected. Intense fear of gaining weight or of becoming fat , or persistent behavior. Restricting type : during the last 3 months, the individual has not engaged in recurrent episodes of binge eating or purging behavior (i. e. , self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas). Weight loss is accomplished primarily through dieting, fasting, and/or excessive exercise . Binge-eating/purging type : during the last 3 months, the individual has engaged in recurrent episodes of binge eating or purging behavior (i. e. , self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas). In partial remission : after full criteria for anorexia nervosa were previously met,
