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CHAPTER 9- EATING
DISORDERS
EATING DISORDERS:
Eating disorders have dramatically increased as thinness has become a
national obsession.
Western society equates thinness w/ beauty & health.
There’s been an increase in these eating disorders:
Anorexia nervosa → the desire to be thin & causes people to be overly
obsess about what they eat & their body weight.
Bulimia nervosa → eating a LARGE amount of food & then forcing oneself
to throw up in order to prevent gaining weight.
Binge-eating disorder → people go on frequent eating binges but does not
try to make themselves throw up or do other measures to prevent gaining
weight.
💡 ANOREXIA NERVOSA:
CHAPTER 9- EATING DISORDERS 1
, DEFINITION → An individual who purposely takes in very little food or
nourishment which results in low body weight compared to their peers of
the same age group & gender.
Fear of gaining weight, & repeatedly finding ways to prevent it.
Distorted body perception, placing inappropriate emphasis on weight or
shape, causing to be judgmental to themselves.
Two main subtypes:
RESTRICTING-TYPE ANOREXIA NERVOSA:
At least half of the people w/ anorexia nervosa reduce their weight by
restricting food intake.
First, they cut out sweets from their food intake & then it leads on to
eliminating other types of food. Having no variety in their diet.
BINGE EATING/ PURGING TYPE:
Forced emesis, abuses laxatives or other diuretics.
May engage in eating binges.
Incidence & onset:
75% of anorexia nervosa cases occur in women & young girls.
Although this disorder can occur at any age, it typically occurs at ages 14-
20.
0.6% of all people in Western countries develop this problem in their
lifetime.
Progression - how does this disorder occur?
Target audience: a person who is slightly overweight or of normal weight.
May be caused from a stressful event → separation of parents, a move
away from home, & or any experience of personal failure.
Most patients recover, but 6% die from starvation, medical problems or
suicide (rate is 5x within the general population).
THE CLINICAL PICTURE:
CHAPTER 9- EATING DISORDERS 2
CHAPTER 9- EATING
DISORDERS
EATING DISORDERS:
Eating disorders have dramatically increased as thinness has become a
national obsession.
Western society equates thinness w/ beauty & health.
There’s been an increase in these eating disorders:
Anorexia nervosa → the desire to be thin & causes people to be overly
obsess about what they eat & their body weight.
Bulimia nervosa → eating a LARGE amount of food & then forcing oneself
to throw up in order to prevent gaining weight.
Binge-eating disorder → people go on frequent eating binges but does not
try to make themselves throw up or do other measures to prevent gaining
weight.
💡 ANOREXIA NERVOSA:
CHAPTER 9- EATING DISORDERS 1
, DEFINITION → An individual who purposely takes in very little food or
nourishment which results in low body weight compared to their peers of
the same age group & gender.
Fear of gaining weight, & repeatedly finding ways to prevent it.
Distorted body perception, placing inappropriate emphasis on weight or
shape, causing to be judgmental to themselves.
Two main subtypes:
RESTRICTING-TYPE ANOREXIA NERVOSA:
At least half of the people w/ anorexia nervosa reduce their weight by
restricting food intake.
First, they cut out sweets from their food intake & then it leads on to
eliminating other types of food. Having no variety in their diet.
BINGE EATING/ PURGING TYPE:
Forced emesis, abuses laxatives or other diuretics.
May engage in eating binges.
Incidence & onset:
75% of anorexia nervosa cases occur in women & young girls.
Although this disorder can occur at any age, it typically occurs at ages 14-
20.
0.6% of all people in Western countries develop this problem in their
lifetime.
Progression - how does this disorder occur?
Target audience: a person who is slightly overweight or of normal weight.
May be caused from a stressful event → separation of parents, a move
away from home, & or any experience of personal failure.
Most patients recover, but 6% die from starvation, medical problems or
suicide (rate is 5x within the general population).
THE CLINICAL PICTURE:
CHAPTER 9- EATING DISORDERS 2
