College Health Chapter 9
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waxter013 on October 19, 2011
Subjects:
College Health, Health, HEB 111
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Vocab by Michael Jaouhari. PowerPoint info by Deep Duggal.
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12 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Body Image | Mental representation that a person has of his or her own body, including perceptions, attitudes, thoughts, and emotions. |
| Calorie Restriction | A reduction in calorie intake below daily needs. |
| Purging | Using self-induced vomiting, laxatives, or diuretics to get rid of excess calories that have been consumed. |
| Muscle Dysmorphia | Disorder in which a person peceives his body to be underdeveloped no matter how highly developed his muscles really are. |
| Disordered Eating Behaviors | Abnormal eating patterns (for example, vomiting, use of laxatives, extreme dieting) that may not fit the rigid diagnostic rules for anorexia or bulimia but affect quality of life. |
| Eating Disorders | Conditions characterized by severely disturbed eating behaviors and distorted body image; eating disorders jeopardize physical and psychological health. |
| Anorexia Nervosa | Eating disorder marked by distortion of body image and refusal to maintain a minimally normal body weight. |
| Bulimia Nervosa | Eating disorder marked by distortion of body image and repeated episodes of binge eating usually followed by purging in the form of self-induced vomiting, misuse of diuretics or laxatives, excessive exercising, or fasting. |
| Binge-Eating Disorder | Eating disorder marked by binge-eating behavior without the vomiting or purging of bulimia. |
| Body Dysmorphic Disorder | Preoccupation with an imagined or exaggerated defect in appearance. |
| Female Athlete Triad | Interrelated conditions of disordered eating, amenorrhea, and osteoporosis. |
| Activity Disorder | Excessive or addictive exercising, undertaken to address psychological needs rather than to improve fitness. |
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