HE101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Food Addiction, Weight Gain, Multidisciplinary Approach
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Addicion: persistent compulsive dependence on a substance or behaviour. He101: excessive use of a substance or behaviour, preoccupaion with addicion interference, desire and/or unsuccessful atempts to control, coninuous despite problems. Physiological and psychological dependence: addicive behaviour to avoid withdrawal. Physiology of addicion: mood altering changes in brain. Need progressively larger doses to produce desired efect: withdrawal. Symptoms experienced when substance or behaviour is stopped. Signs of addicion: craving, compulsion, loss of control, negaive consequences, denial. Diagnosis tradiionally based on: presence of withdrawal symptoms, negaive consequences, relapse. Addicive behaviour are habits that are out of control, resuling in a negaive impact on a person"s health. Others may include: shopping, eaing, gambling, sex, television, video games, work, alcohol. Addicive exercisers: use exercise compulsively to meet needs of inimacy nurturance, self-esteem, and self- competency. Negaive consequences can include: alienaion of family and friends, injuries from overdoing it, craving for more. A pathological preoccupaion with being larger and more muscular.
