 | Term | Definition |
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The most common eating disorder in young women |
Bulimia |
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As much as 1 in 5 college-aged girls suffer from |
Bulimia |
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Bulimia |
and addiction to binge and purge |
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Ways to be bulimic |
laxatives, vomiting, overexercise |
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Characteristics of Bulimia |
red eyes, scar on finger(s), exhaustion, avoiding social food occassions, esophagus tears, G-I tract problems, electrolytic imbalances, personality changes |
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Bulimia Risk Categories |
college-aged girls, women who make a living/identity on being thin |
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Anorexia |
progressive starvation, constant hunger |
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One of the most difficult disorders to treat |
Anorexia |
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Highest fatality rate of all psychiatric disorders |
Anorexia |
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Characteristics of Anorexia |
distended bellies, dull/brittle hair on head, weak, body hair growth, depressed, irritable, apathetic, obsessed |
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Lanugo |
wooly body hair that grows to keep thin bodies warm |
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Risk Categories for Anorexia |
early adolescence, perfectionists, early teen dieters |
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Anorexia is ____ than bulimia or compulsive eating |
less prevalent |
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Compulsive Eating |
frequent binges without purging |
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Intense feelings of shame, guilt, disgust accompany |
Compulsive Eating |
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Stomach hunger is different than |
Mouth hunger |
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Characteristics of Compulsive Eating |
food is used as a drug to comfort & dull emotional pain |
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Risk Categories for Compulsive Eating |
women who are nurtuerers/caretakers, diet history |
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Sexual abuse can trigger |
Compulsive Eating |
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3 Reasons for Incresed Pressure to be Thin |
We have moved from primary to secondary relationships, Media constantly portrays desireable women as thin, Women are getting heavier but models are getting thinner |
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Primary Relationships |
most people know one another, judged on a personal level |
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Secondary Relationships |
people don't know most others, and judging is based solely on appearance |
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11% of Americans would abort a fetus if |
it had a tendency to obesity |
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In intelligence ratings, teachers are often biased by |
the children's weight |
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School kids react most negatively to what characteristic? |
Obesity |
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