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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