Chapter 11 - Eating Disorders Flashcards
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Features for anorexia nervosa diagnosis
Restriction of behaviors that promote healthy body weight
Intense fear of gaining weight and being fat
Distorted body image or sense of body shape
Loss of appetite due to emotional reasons
Anorexia
Loss of me trial blood
Amenorrhea
Type of anorexia nervosa wherein weight kiss is achieved by severely limiting food intake
Restricting type
Anorexia nervosa type wherein the person regularly engages in binge eating and purging.
Binge-eating/purging type
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Lanugo
Disorder that involves episodes of rapid consumption or a large amount of food, followed by compensatory behavior to prevent weight gain
Bulimia nervosa
Ox hunger
2 characteristics of binge
Eating an excessive amount of food
Feeling of losing control over eating
Bulimia nervosa in which compensatory behaviors are fasting or excessive exercise
Non-purging type
BMI
Body mass index
Kg/m
Normal BMI
20-25
Recurrent binges, lack of control during the bingeing episode, and distress about bingeing, as well as other characteristics, such as rapid eating and eating alone
Binge eating disorder
Obese
BMI >30
Key brain center for regulating hunger and eating
Hypothalamus
Substances produced by the body that reduce pain sensations, enhance mood and suppress appetite
Endogenous opioids
Neurobiological changes from starvation
Cortisol level abnormalities
Opioids are released
Neurotransmitter that related to eating and satiety
Serotonin
Neurotransmitter linked to the pleasurable aspects of food that compel an animal to go after food and motivation to obtain other pleasurable and rewarding things
dopamine
Behaviors that achieve or maintain thinness are negatively reinforced by
reducing anxiety from being fat
Dieting and weight loss are positively reinforced
sense of mastery or self control
A questionnaire measure of concerns about dieting and overeating
Restraint scale
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Theory that states that the prevalence of objectification messages in Western culture has led some women to self objectify
objectification theory
The extent to which people can distinguish different biological states of their bodies
Interoceptive awareness