Chapter 14 : Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating
When woman with anorexia nervosa's estrogen levels decline and she fails to have her menstrual period for e months or longer, she is displaying a condition called ______.
Amenorrhea
What are the eating disorders?
Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge-Eating
Individuals who are involved in occupations that focus on thinness such as ____ have an increased risk of developing an eating disorder.
Ballet dancing, acting, fashion modeling
Risk factors associated with developing an eating disorder include:
Being female Having a Perfectionist Personality Having a history of frequent dieting
Efforts to prevent eating disorders in high risk individuals should focus on:
Body acceptance Challenging the concept that "thin is ideal" Improving self confidence
The psychological condition characterized by binge eating followed by purging behaviors is called ___________.
Bulimia Nervosa
Challenges to the recovery of patients with AN and BN may include the patient's _____.
Desire to resist treatment Dependence on alcohol Denial of their condition
Low energy availability is associated with a(n) _______.
Estrogen deficiency
True or False : Eating disorders are short term mild changes in eating habits.
False
Athletes that participate in a sport that emphasizes small, lean bodies or requires "making weight" such as _______ are at increased risk of developing an eating disorder
Gymnastics, wrestling NOT football
What is the progression from ordered to disordered eating?
Healthy eating behavior Concerns about body image and shape Clinically evident eating disorder recognized
The rapid loss of electrolytes and fluids due to purging in bulimia nervosa can cause low blood levels of potassium, a condition know as ______.
Hypokalemia
In order to diagnose a patient with anorexia nervosa, the doctor needs to determine if the patient's weight is ____.
Less than "minimally normal"
Female athlete Triad is
Low energy availability (negative energy balance) Menstrual disturbances that often include amenorrhea Reduced bone mineral density
Which psychological factors often accompany eating disorders?
Mood disorders and anxiety disorders
A disordered eating pattern that is characterized by an unhealthy preoccupation with the body being too thin or not muscular enough is called ________.
Muscle dysmorphia
Phototherapy has been shown to be effective in the treatment of ______.
Night eating syndrome
An eating disorder characterized by food binges occuring after the evening meal and/or when the person awakens from sleep during the night is called ________.
Night eating syndrome (NES)
Because people with binge-eating disorder do not purge, their risk for _____ increases.
Obesity
Exposure to certain wavelengths of light through use of a specific lamp for prescribed amounts of time to regulate the sleep-wake cycle is called ______
Phototherapy
Anorexia Nervosa is characterized by
Self-imposed starvation and becoming emancipated (malnutrition and low body weight)
People with anorexia nervosa:
Severely restrict their food intake Have distorted body images
You are more likely to develop the female athlete triad if you are _______.
a gymnast
The form of behavioral therapy used in the treatment of bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder that addresses unhealthy behaviors by challenging current beliefs and replacing them with more realistic thoughts is called __________ therapy.
cognitive behavioral
The disorder used to describe type 1 diabetics who manipulate their body weight by skipping insulin injections or using less insulin than prescribed is called _____.
diabulimia
People with binge-eating disorder tend to have _____ personalities as those with anorexia nervosa
different (AN and BN are anxious perfectionists and binge eaters are impulsive and poor adapters)
Profession that plays an important role in fixing eating disorders is
doctor, psychologist, dietitian
After a binge, people with bulimia nervosa ______.
feel guily, feel depressed
Female athletes have a _____ risk of disordered eating practices compared to males and females ho do not participate in sports.
higher
The form of disordered eating in which an individual becomes extremely obsessed with eating healthy foods is called ______.
orthorexia nervosa
A stressful life event that can lead to the development of an eating disorder is called a ________.
trigger
Characteristics of parents that foster the development of eating disorders in their children include:
Being overly focused on their weight Teasing their children about their weight
Eating an excessive amount of food in a brief period of time is called _______.
Binge Eating
Mild or short-term changes in eating habits that occur inresponse to stress or a desire to modify the diet for health or appearance reasons is the definition for what?
Disordered Eating
People with a mother or sister wit anorexia are ____ like to develop it themselves.
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