Eating Disorders Flashcards
Normal Eating
- going to the table hungry
- overeating + undereating at times
- giving some thought to nutrition but without missing out on enjoyable foods
- giving yourself permission to eat sometimes depending on your mood (happy, sad or bored)
- responding and respecting hunger + choosing foods the body is asking for
-staying connected to tastebuds for enjoyment
Disordered Eating
Persistent Thoughts: preoccupation with calories and weight loss/control
Negative Emotions: guilt, shame + disgust attached to food.
Maladaptive Behaviours: consistently eating for reasons other than hunger or true cravings
Self-concept: believing one’s own identity and self-worth is based on size, weight and what one eats
Anorexia Nervosa (AN)
Fear of obesity/drive for thinness
Extreme dietary restriction/compensatory behaviours like purging/extreme exercise
Bulimia Nervosa (BN)
Fear of obesity/drive for thinness
Binge eating followed by purging
Binge Eating Disorder (BED)
Similar body image concerns to BN/AN
Using food to self-soothe; anxiety, stress, and weight concerns
Binge eating without compensatory behaviour - can lead to obesity
Morality Rate for Eating Disorders
7.6% highest of all mental disorders, 23% are suicide
Diagnostic Criteria for Anorexia Nervosa
A - Restriction of energy intake leading to low body weight: significantly low weight
B - Fear of gaining weight: intense fear of gaining weight or of becoming fat, or persistent behaviour that interferes with weight gain, even though at a significantly low weight
C - Weight or shape concerns: persistent lack of recognition of the seriousness of the current low body weight
Significantly low weight
weight that is less than minimally
normal or, for children and adolescents, less than that minimally expected
Anorexia Nervosa Restricting Type
During the last 3 months, the individual has not engaged in recurrent episodes of binge eating or purging behaviour (i.e., self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas). Weight loss is accomplished primarily through dieting, fasting, and/or excessive exercise.
Anorexia Nervosa Binge-eating/Purging Type
During the last 3 months, the individual has engaged in recurrent episodes of binge eating or purging behaviour (i.e., self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas).
Diagnostic Criteria for Bulimia Nervosa
A - Binge Eating - recurrent episodes
B - Compensatory behaviour - purging, fasting, excessive exercise.
C - Frequency - A + B occur, on average, at least once a week for 3 months.
D - Influence of shape and weight - Self-evaluation is unduly influenced by body shape and weight.
Binge Eating
1) Eating, in a discrete period of time (e.g., within any 2-hour period), an amount of food that is definitely larger than most people would eat during a similar period of time and under similar circumstances.
2) A sense of lack of control over eating during the episode (e.g., a feeling that one cannot stop eating or control what or how much one is eating).
Purging
an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements - self-induced vomiting or misuse of laxatives.
Diagnostic Criteria for Binge-Eating Disorder
A - Binge Eating.
B - Associated Symptoms -
The binge-eating episodes are associated with three (or more) of the following:
1) Eating much more rapidly than normal
2) Eating until feeling uncomfortably full.
3) Eating large amounts of food when not feeling physically hungry.
4) Eating alone because of feeling embarrassed by how much one is eating.
5) Feeling disgusted with oneself, depressed, or very guilty afterward.
C - Distress.
D - Frequency - binge eating occurs, on average, at least once a week for 3 months.
Bulimia vs. Anorexia Body Image
A: Distorted perception of
self and the hazards of
extremely low weight
B: Self-image influenced
by body weight and
shape
