HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Emaciation, Eating Disorder, Binge Eating Disorder
13 Sep 2020
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Usually described as severe disturbances in eating that result from the sufferer"s obsessive fear about gaining weight sound similar to. Ocd? idea of obsessing over something; what line do u draw to show the 2 distinctions. Some prefer to dieting disorder" b/c it usually incorporates an obsession to lose weight b/c it"s more the desire to lose weight, not what they"re necessarily eating. A new category - binge eating disorder - challenges this approach shifts emphasis on dieting and obsession of losing weight, eating it self was seen problematic anorexia nervosa. Emaciation: refusal to maintain 85% of normal" weight. Disturbed perception of body, undue influence of body weight/shape in self-evaluation. Pride in success ppl diagnosed w/anorexia acknowledge that they losing weight and some sort of pride associated w/it. Food (its avoidance) central to life sometimes map out ways to avoid the occurrence of encountering food in a situation.
