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Nadine Petrick
53105559
PYC 4802
Assignment 3
Unique number 864340
South African black females are no longer perceived to be ‘immune’ from
eating disorders.
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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 if off as his or her own work.
5. I acknowledge that copying someone else’s assignment, or part of it, is wrong,
and I declare that this assignment is my own work.
Signature:
Date: 14 July 2020
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Table of content
1. Introduction
2. Definition of eating disorders
3.Three types of eating disorders
3.1. Anorexia Nervosa
3.1.1 Definition
3.1.2 Diagnostic criteria
3.2 Bulimia Nervosa
3.2.1 Definition
3.2.2 Diagnostic criteria
3.3. Binge-Eating Disorder
3.3.1 Definition
3.3.2 Diagnostic Criteria
4. Differentiating between disorders
5. Risk Factors for the Development of Eating Disorders
6. History of Eating Disorders in the Black Population
7. Conclusion
8. References
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Nadine Petrick
53105559
PYC 4802
Assignment 3
Unique number 864340
South African black females are no longer perceived to be ‘immune’ from
eating disorders.
Page 1 of 17
,2
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 if off as his or her own work.
5. I acknowledge that copying someone else’s assignment, or part of it, is wrong,
and I declare that this assignment is my own work.
Signature:
Date: 14 July 2020
Page 2 of 17
, 3
Table of content
1. Introduction
2. Definition of eating disorders
3.Three types of eating disorders
3.1. Anorexia Nervosa
3.1.1 Definition
3.1.2 Diagnostic criteria
3.2 Bulimia Nervosa
3.2.1 Definition
3.2.2 Diagnostic criteria
3.3. Binge-Eating Disorder
3.3.1 Definition
3.3.2 Diagnostic Criteria
4. Differentiating between disorders
5. Risk Factors for the Development of Eating Disorders
6. History of Eating Disorders in the Black Population
7. Conclusion
8. References
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