PSYC 3140 Chapter Notes -Salivary Gland, Constipation, Caffeine
17 Dec 2013
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In bulimia nervosa, out of control eating episodes (binges) are followed by self-induced vomiting, excessive use of laxatives or other attempts to purge (get rid of food) In anorexia nervosa the person he"s nothing beyond minimal amounts of food so bodyweight sometimes drops dangerously. Patients with bulimia nervosa do not differ from those of anorexia nervosa in terms of trying to be even. As many as 30% of anorexia related deaths are suicide. Until recently eating disorders when i found in developing countries; where access to sufficient food is so often a daily struggle; only in the west where food is generally plentiful have a been rented. Now this is changing and evidence suggests that eating disorders are going global. More than 90% of the severe cases are young females mostly families with upper middle and upper-class socioeconomic status who live in a socially competitive environment. Stop his contributions to etiology seem to be sociocultural rather than psychological or biological.
