PSY BEH 102C Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, Binge Eating
24 May 2016
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Wight and shape have disproportionate influence of on self-concept. Obesity- considered a symptom of some eating disorder but not a disorder by itself. Eating excess amounts of food in a discrete period of time- not like all day of i eat a lot today. Food that they eat are often high in carbs and sugar. None of them help you loss weight- vomiting, laxatives, diuretics. Most oare within 10% of normal body weight. Purging methods can result in severe medical problems. Kidney failure, cardiac arrhythmia, seizures, intestinal problems, permanent colon damage. Lifetime pervalence is about 1. 1% for females and . 1 in males. Intense fear of weight gain and losing control over eating. People suffering form anorexia show a relentless pursuit of thinness. It borrows energy form internal organs, leading to organ damage. Most serious consequences is cardiac damage which can lead to a heart attack and die of a heart attack.
