NTRI 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, Extreme Weight Loss
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Chapter 11 eating disorders: anorexia, bulimia and others. Food becomes something other than the nutrients they contain. Disordered eating: mild and shirt-term changes in eating patterns that occur in response to a b. stressful event, or a desire to modify the diet for health or personal appearance reasons. If the disordered eating becomes sustained distressing or interferes with everyday activities and linked to physiological changes, it may require professional intervention. At some point disordered eating, may become an eating disorder. Common eating disorders: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, night eating syndrome (not an official eating disorder) Eating disorder: 5 million na"s have an eating disorder. Females outnumber males 5:1 b: frequently co occur with other psychological disorders such as depression. It frequently develops during adolescence or early adulthood substance abuse and anxiety disorders: up to 5% of na women develop some form of anorexia or bulimia in their lifetime, primarily affect college-age people or younger.
