Chapter 9: Eating Disorder and obesity

Question 1

1. Anorexia Nervosa

Answer 1

a. Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming “fat” coupled with refusal to maintain adequate nutrition and with severe loss of body weight.

Question 2

2. Binge

Answer 2

a. An out-of-control consumption of an amount of food that is far greater than what most people would eat in the same amount of time and under the same circumstances.

Question 3

3. Binge Eating Disorder

Answer 3

Distinct from non-purging bulimia nervosa, whereby binging is not accompanied by inappropriate compensatory behavior to limit weight gain

Question 4

4. Bulimia Nervosa

Answer 4

a. Frequent occurrence of binge-eating episodes accompanied by a sense of loss of control over eating and recurrent inappropriate behavior such as purging or excessive exercise to prevent weight gain.

Question 5

5. Cognitive-Behavioral-Therapy

Answer 5

a. Therapy based on altering dysfunctional thoughts and cognitive distortions.

Question 6

6. Eating Disorder

Answer 6

a. Disorders of food ingestion, regurgitation, or attitude that affect health and well-being, such as anorexia, bulimia, or binge eating.

Question 7

7. Ghrelin

Answer 7

a. Ghrelin is a hormone that is produced by the stomach. It stimulates appetite. “Hunger hormone”.

Question 8

8. Hypothalamus

Answer 8

a. Key structure at the base of the brain; important in emotion and motivation.

Question 9

9. Leptin

Answer 9

a. Leptin is a hormone produced by fat cells that acts to reduce food intake.

Question 10

10. Negative Affect

Answer 10

a. The experience of an emotional state characterized by negative emotions. Such negative emotions might include anger, anxiety, irritability, and sadness.

Question 11

11. Obesity

Answer 11

a. The condition of having elevated fat masses in the body. Obesity is defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher.

Question 12

12. Perfectionism

Answer 12

a. The need to get things exactly right. A personality trait that may increase risk for the development of eating disorders, perhaps because perfectionistic people may be more likely to idealize thinness.

Question 14

14. Serotonin

Answer 14

a. A neurotransmitter from the indolamine class that is synthesized from the amino acid tryptophan. Also referred to as 5-HT (5-hydroxytryptamine), this neurotransmitter is thought to be involved in a wide range of psychopathological conditions.