Chapter 11: Eating Disorders

Treatment for bulimia should last at least how many weeks?

16

Female Athlete Triad

A condition characterized by disordered eating, lack of menstrual periods, and osteoporosis

Diabulimia

Adolescents with diabetes are at a heightened risk of eating disorders

Which of the following is true about purging behavior related to bulimia?

After vomiting, many kilocalories from the food eaten are still absorbed.

Which of the following is the best treatment approach for binge-eating disorder?

An eating plan that does not restrict particular foods, in which the person eats in response to hunger signals

Which of the following is characteristic of bulimics?

Binge eating

Understanding the abnormality of the behavior is most common among people with

Bulimia nervosa

Which of the following is not a sign or symptom of night eating syndrome?

Difficulty staying awake and not feeling hungry before falling asleep at night

What is the name of the condition characterized by disordered eating, lack of menstrual periods, and osteoporosis?

Female athlete triad

Which characteristic is more indicative of bulimia than anorexia nervosa?

Fluctuating weight

Which of the following is not characteristic of individuals who develop eating disorders

Have high self-esteem

Jane is a binge eater. Which of the following is probably not true about her?

She binges on large quantities of food and purges.

Which of the following is not an early warning sign of anorexia nervosa?

Sleeping often and having no interest in exercise

Which of the following is true about the bingeing behavior of the bulimic?

Violation of rigid food rules can initiate a binge.

The most long-term success in anorexia nervosa treatment has been with

a multidisciplinary team of health care providers.

Studies have shown that night eating syndrome symptoms, including nocturnal ingestion of food and evening hyperphagia, are significantly improved with use of

an antidepressant.

Patients with ____________ may present with clinical signs of semistarvation, such as decreased metabolic rate

anorexia nervosa

A condition of self-induced severe weight loss, particularly common in adolescent girls, is called

anorexia nervosa.

Cessation of menstruation is most likely associated with

anorexia nervosa.

Coping with stress by not eating is a characteristic of

anorexia nervosa.

A difference between anorexics and bulimics is that

anorexics turn away from food during a crisis, whereas bulimics turn toward food.

A Approximately half of the people with ____________ also suffer from chronic depression.

bulimia nervosa

Food diaries and a regular meal plan are commonly part of the treatment for

bulimia nervosa

Coping with stress by eating is a characteristic of

bulimia nervosa.

A disorder in which frequent bingeing and possibly purging occurs is called

bulimia.

All of the following can initiate the problem of anorexia nervosa except

coming from a supportive family.

The slower basal metabolism that accompanies anorexia nervosa is caused by

decreased synthesis of thyroid hormone.

A major characteristic of an anorexic person that significantly inhibits successful treatment is

denial of the problem.

Night eating syndrome is characterized by evening hyperphagia, which is defined as

eating more than one-third of total daily calories after the evening meal.

A person with anorexia nervosa is likely to

grow up in a perfectionistic home with very high expectations.

The family of a bulimic tends to

have a great deal of conflict.

One of the best ways to get anorexics into treatment is to

have a group intervention of friends and family to confront them with the problem

Orthorexia

healthful eating is an obsession

Joni uses ipecac syrup to promote vomiting after her binges. All of the following are negative effects of vomiting except

high blood potassium levels, which disturb heart rhythm

All of the following are true of anorexia nervosa except

increased body temperature

The semistarvation of anorexia nervosa results in all the following physiological changes except

increased heart rate.

Criteria for diagnosing anorexia nervosa include all the following except

intense fear of becoming too thin.

All of the following are goals for an anorexic person except

keep activity at a high level.

Downy hair that grows on the body to counteract the heat loss associated with a lack of insulating subcutaneous fat is/are called

lanugo

All of the following are true of an anorexic person who falls below 75 percent of normal body weight except

loss of menstrual period becomes irreversible

Loss of menstrual periods associated with anorexia nervosa is caused by

low body fat content.

In anorexia nervosa, low blood potassium levels are associated with all of the following except

low protein intake

The typical characteristics for binge-eating disorder include binge-eating episodes

not accompanied by purging.

A common characteristic of both bulimics and anorexics is that they are

perfectionists

Anorexia nervosa is defined as

psychological denial of appetite.

all of the following are helpful for the recovery of the anorexic person except

separation from the family.

The most significant factor promoting eating disorders in North American culture is

societal emphasis on being thin and the link between thinness and social value.

An effective nutritional counseling approach to bulimia involves all the following except

suggesting that the person follow strict food rules to control eating.

Anorexia nervosa sufferers

tend to be adolescent and early adult girls.

All of the following are true about bulimia except

the result is low body weight.

The first goal in nutrition therapy for anorexia nervosa is

to stop further weight loss.

Most of the health problems in bulimia arise from

vomiting.

Prevention of eating disorders might include any of the following except

weighing often.