PSYCH257 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Binge Eating, Eating Disorder, Junk Food
28 Nov 2015
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Binges (followed by self-induced vomiting, excessive use of laxatives, other attempts to purge/get rid of the food) Highest mortality rate of any psychological disorder (even depression) Suicides (50x higher than risk of death from suicide in general population) Anorexia nervosa (person eats nothing beyond minimal amounts of food) Increase in anorexia and bulimia nervosa (tends to be culturally specific) Eating disorders are going global (even in developing countries) Most common eating disorders on university campuses. Eating a larger amount of food (typically, more junk food than fruits and vegetables) than most people would eat under similar circumstances) Amount of food differs from person to person (out of control experience) Attempts to compensate for binge eating (by purging techniques) Techniques (self-induced vomiting immediately after eating, using laxatives, Women who use laxatives are generally more impulsive than those who do diuretics) not between binges. Compensate also by exercising excessively or fasting for long periods.
