PYC4802 - Assignment 3
Title: Eating Disorders & the impact thereof
on black South African females.
Author: ********
, PLAGIARISM DECLARATION
1. I know that plagiarism is wrong. Plagiarism is using another’s work and
pretending that it is one’s own work.
2. I have used the American Psychological Association (APA) as the
convention for citation and referencing. Each significant contribution to,
and quotation in, this assignment from the work, or works of other people
has been attributed and has been cited and referenced.
3. This assignment is my own work.
4. I have not allowed, and will not allow, anyone to copy my work with the
intention of passing it off as his or her own work.
5. I acknowledge that copying someone else's assignment, or part of it, is
wrong, and declare that this assignment is my own work
UNISA STUDENT NUMBER: *********
DATE: 16 JUNE 2018
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, TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction ……………………………………………………………… 5
2. Anorexia nervosa
2.1 Diagnostic criteria of anorexia nervosa.………………………… 6
2.2 Subtypes of anorexia nervosa…………………………………… 7
2.3 Hallmark features of anorexia nervosa…………………….…… 7-8
2.4 Physical complications……………………………………………. 8-9
2.5 Prevalence and course…………………………………………… 9
3. Bulimia Nervosa
3.1 Diagnostic criteria of bulimia nervosa……………………………10
3.2 Hallmark features of bulimia nervosa……………………………11-12
3.3 Physical complications…………………………………………… 12
3.4 Prevalence and course……………………………………..……. 13
4. Binge-eating disorder
4.1 Diagnostic criteria of binge-eating disorder……………………. 14
4.2 Hallmark features of binge-eating disorder…………………..... 14-15
4.3 Physical complications………………………………………….…15
4.4 Prevalence and course……………………………………………15
5. Differentiation between anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and
binge-eating disorder…………………………………………………... 16-18
6. Are black South African females no longer ‘immune’ from eating
disorders?
6.1 The emergence of eating disorders in black South African
females ……………………………………………………………18-21
6.2 Sociopolitical changes in a post apartheid South Africa.…….21-22
3
, 6.3 Acculturation………………………………………………………. 22-24
6.4 Urbanization and exposure to Western media………………... 24-25
7. Conclusion………………………………………………………. 25
8. Reference list…………………………………………………….26-31
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Title: Eating Disorders & the impact thereof
on black South African females.
Author: ********
, PLAGIARISM DECLARATION
1. I know that plagiarism is wrong. Plagiarism is using another’s work and
pretending that it is one’s own work.
2. I have used the American Psychological Association (APA) as the
convention for citation and referencing. Each significant contribution to,
and quotation in, this assignment from the work, or works of other people
has been attributed and has been cited and referenced.
3. This assignment is my own work.
4. I have not allowed, and will not allow, anyone to copy my work with the
intention of passing it off as his or her own work.
5. I acknowledge that copying someone else's assignment, or part of it, is
wrong, and declare that this assignment is my own work
UNISA STUDENT NUMBER: *********
DATE: 16 JUNE 2018
2
, TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction ……………………………………………………………… 5
2. Anorexia nervosa
2.1 Diagnostic criteria of anorexia nervosa.………………………… 6
2.2 Subtypes of anorexia nervosa…………………………………… 7
2.3 Hallmark features of anorexia nervosa…………………….…… 7-8
2.4 Physical complications……………………………………………. 8-9
2.5 Prevalence and course…………………………………………… 9
3. Bulimia Nervosa
3.1 Diagnostic criteria of bulimia nervosa……………………………10
3.2 Hallmark features of bulimia nervosa……………………………11-12
3.3 Physical complications…………………………………………… 12
3.4 Prevalence and course……………………………………..……. 13
4. Binge-eating disorder
4.1 Diagnostic criteria of binge-eating disorder……………………. 14
4.2 Hallmark features of binge-eating disorder…………………..... 14-15
4.3 Physical complications………………………………………….…15
4.4 Prevalence and course……………………………………………15
5. Differentiation between anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and
binge-eating disorder…………………………………………………... 16-18
6. Are black South African females no longer ‘immune’ from eating
disorders?
6.1 The emergence of eating disorders in black South African
females ……………………………………………………………18-21
6.2 Sociopolitical changes in a post apartheid South Africa.…….21-22
3
, 6.3 Acculturation………………………………………………………. 22-24
6.4 Urbanization and exposure to Western media………………... 24-25
7. Conclusion………………………………………………………. 25
8. Reference list…………………………………………………….26-31
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