NURS 270 (NUTRITION) FINAL EXAM WITH ALL
QUESTIONS ANSWERED PERFECTLY (FALL SEMESTER)
Disordered Eating is a term used for unhealthy eating behaviors and worries about
body image.
What Does It Look Like? Chronic dieting,
restrictive eating, binge eating, food avoidance, unhealthy eating patterns: ex.) not
eating all day and then eating all calories at once at night, food addiction, over
exercising to control weight
answers: Triggers Include: Cultural obsession with being
thin or healthy. AKA "Diet Culture", society, media is usually thin but that is not all
of us
What distinguishes disordered eating from eating disorders Degree of severity:
lesser frequency, getting stuck in these behaviors
Diet culture refers to a rigid set of
expectations about valuing thinness and
attractiveness over physical health and
emotional well-being.
answers: Diet culture often emphasizes "good" versus "bad" foods, focuses on
calorie restriction, and normalizes self-deprecating talk.
Eating Disorders are extreme cases of disordered eating, mental illness, not a
choice
A psychiatric condition that involves extreme body dissatisfaction and long term
eating patterns that negatively affect body functioning
answers: ED are diagnosed by a medical professional, using
specific criteria related to body weight and eating behavior.
,ED are influenced by many factors including genetics, temperament &
environment
Body Image: A person's perception, feelings about, and critique of his or her body's
appearance and functioning regardless of how they actually look
Feelings can be positive, negative or both, and are influenced by individual and
environmental factors: made fun off as a little kid, family, social media, mood,
culture
answers: A person's body Image strongly influences their behavior
Body image can play a role in both eating disorders
and disordered eating patterns: food is not an issue/body ownership to eating
disordered/body hate/disassociation
Eating Disorders: Etiology
Risk Factors: Dieting, early childhood eating and GI problems, increased concern
about weight and size, negative self-evaluation, sexual abuse, and other traumas
answers: Precipitating factors: Onset of puberty, parents' divorce, death of a family
member, and ridicule of weight
Other mental health issues: Depression, anxiety, substance abuse, or body
dysmorphic disorder
Body dysmorphic Disorder
answers: A mental health disorder in which you can't stop thinking about one or
more perceived defects or flaws in your appearance
Eating Disorders: Etiology
Coping mechanisms for managing uncomfortable or painful emotions, controlling
their food
Not always visible - someone may look healthy, yet may be extremely ill
, answers: Non-discriminating: all genders, ages, abilities, races, ethnicities, body
shapes, weights, sexual orientations and socioeconomic statuses
Types of Eating Disorders
DSM-5 Diagnosis: manual that is used for the assessment and diagnosis of mental
health disorders
answers: Anorexia Nervosa (AN)
Bulimia Nervosa (BN)
Binge Eating Disorder (BED)
Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder(OSFED)
Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa
Associated with highly restricted eating patterns and/or self starvation that leads to
a significantly low body weight
Signs and symptoms: Eliminating food groups, limiting intake, Deficiencies of
essential nutrients that can become life threatening
answers: Intense fear of weight gain
Distorted body image: still continue even though it is life threatening
Amenorrhea: loss of menstrual cycle for 3 months or more, removed from
diagnosis
Approximately 90% female, 1-2% of the population
can have normal body weight but beginning stages
Anorexia Nervosa: Health Risks
Deficiency in calories & Micronutrients
Depleted fat stores & loss of lean muscle mass
, Reduction of non-vital bodily functions: gallstones, osteoporosis, GI disorders, loss
of menstruation, hair loss, dehydration
answers: loss of muscle in vital organs
Electrolyte Imbalances
Late stages associated with increased risk for organ failure
10-20% mortality rate
increase in suicidal thoughts, mental separation
Nutrition Therapy for Anorexia
Step-by-step goals of nutrition therapy are:
answers: 1. To prevent further weight loss: re-feeding the body
2. To gradually reestablish normal eating behaviors
3. To gradually increase weight: re-feeding syndrome = metabolic dysfunction
4. To maintain agreed-on weight goal
Eating Disorders: Bulimia Nervosa
Characterized by repeated episodes of binge eating and purging
Binge eating: A consumption of a quantity of food that is large in size for the
person and the amount of time in which the food is eaten. Sense of lack of control
during a binge episode.
answers: Purging: Compensatory behavior used to prevent weight gain.
Approximately 80% are females, 3-5% of the population
- lack of control when it is happening, fear of gaining weight: vomiting, using
laxatives, diuretics, fasting, exercise
Eating Disorders: Bulimia Nervosa
Signs and symptoms:
QUESTIONS ANSWERED PERFECTLY (FALL SEMESTER)
Disordered Eating is a term used for unhealthy eating behaviors and worries about
body image.
What Does It Look Like? Chronic dieting,
restrictive eating, binge eating, food avoidance, unhealthy eating patterns: ex.) not
eating all day and then eating all calories at once at night, food addiction, over
exercising to control weight
answers: Triggers Include: Cultural obsession with being
thin or healthy. AKA "Diet Culture", society, media is usually thin but that is not all
of us
What distinguishes disordered eating from eating disorders Degree of severity:
lesser frequency, getting stuck in these behaviors
Diet culture refers to a rigid set of
expectations about valuing thinness and
attractiveness over physical health and
emotional well-being.
answers: Diet culture often emphasizes "good" versus "bad" foods, focuses on
calorie restriction, and normalizes self-deprecating talk.
Eating Disorders are extreme cases of disordered eating, mental illness, not a
choice
A psychiatric condition that involves extreme body dissatisfaction and long term
eating patterns that negatively affect body functioning
answers: ED are diagnosed by a medical professional, using
specific criteria related to body weight and eating behavior.
,ED are influenced by many factors including genetics, temperament &
environment
Body Image: A person's perception, feelings about, and critique of his or her body's
appearance and functioning regardless of how they actually look
Feelings can be positive, negative or both, and are influenced by individual and
environmental factors: made fun off as a little kid, family, social media, mood,
culture
answers: A person's body Image strongly influences their behavior
Body image can play a role in both eating disorders
and disordered eating patterns: food is not an issue/body ownership to eating
disordered/body hate/disassociation
Eating Disorders: Etiology
Risk Factors: Dieting, early childhood eating and GI problems, increased concern
about weight and size, negative self-evaluation, sexual abuse, and other traumas
answers: Precipitating factors: Onset of puberty, parents' divorce, death of a family
member, and ridicule of weight
Other mental health issues: Depression, anxiety, substance abuse, or body
dysmorphic disorder
Body dysmorphic Disorder
answers: A mental health disorder in which you can't stop thinking about one or
more perceived defects or flaws in your appearance
Eating Disorders: Etiology
Coping mechanisms for managing uncomfortable or painful emotions, controlling
their food
Not always visible - someone may look healthy, yet may be extremely ill
, answers: Non-discriminating: all genders, ages, abilities, races, ethnicities, body
shapes, weights, sexual orientations and socioeconomic statuses
Types of Eating Disorders
DSM-5 Diagnosis: manual that is used for the assessment and diagnosis of mental
health disorders
answers: Anorexia Nervosa (AN)
Bulimia Nervosa (BN)
Binge Eating Disorder (BED)
Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder(OSFED)
Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa
Associated with highly restricted eating patterns and/or self starvation that leads to
a significantly low body weight
Signs and symptoms: Eliminating food groups, limiting intake, Deficiencies of
essential nutrients that can become life threatening
answers: Intense fear of weight gain
Distorted body image: still continue even though it is life threatening
Amenorrhea: loss of menstrual cycle for 3 months or more, removed from
diagnosis
Approximately 90% female, 1-2% of the population
can have normal body weight but beginning stages
Anorexia Nervosa: Health Risks
Deficiency in calories & Micronutrients
Depleted fat stores & loss of lean muscle mass
, Reduction of non-vital bodily functions: gallstones, osteoporosis, GI disorders, loss
of menstruation, hair loss, dehydration
answers: loss of muscle in vital organs
Electrolyte Imbalances
Late stages associated with increased risk for organ failure
10-20% mortality rate
increase in suicidal thoughts, mental separation
Nutrition Therapy for Anorexia
Step-by-step goals of nutrition therapy are:
answers: 1. To prevent further weight loss: re-feeding the body
2. To gradually reestablish normal eating behaviors
3. To gradually increase weight: re-feeding syndrome = metabolic dysfunction
4. To maintain agreed-on weight goal
Eating Disorders: Bulimia Nervosa
Characterized by repeated episodes of binge eating and purging
Binge eating: A consumption of a quantity of food that is large in size for the
person and the amount of time in which the food is eaten. Sense of lack of control
during a binge episode.
answers: Purging: Compensatory behavior used to prevent weight gain.
Approximately 80% are females, 3-5% of the population
- lack of control when it is happening, fear of gaining weight: vomiting, using
laxatives, diuretics, fasting, exercise
Eating Disorders: Bulimia Nervosa
Signs and symptoms:
