chapter 9: Eating disorders

Question 1

List

Checklist for Anorexia Nervosa

4 points

Answer 1

• individual takes in too little nourishment (results in low body weight)
• individual is fear of gaining weight
• individual has distorted by perception, places inappropriate emphasis on weight in self judgment
• fails to appreciate serious implications of low weight

Question 2

Define:

restricting- type anorexia nervosa

Answer 2

reducing weight by restricting intake of food

Question 3

Define:

binge-eating/ purging-type anorexia nervosa

Answer 3

lose weight by forcing to vomit/ abusing laxatives/ diuretics

may engage in eating binges

Question 4

Answer:

what percentage of anorexia cases are women/girls

Answer 4

75%

Question 5

Answer:

what is the peak onset of Anorexia Nervosa

Answer 5

14-20 years

Question 6

Answer:

what percent of all people in western countries develop Anorexia Nervosa?

Answer 6

0.6%

Question 7

Fill in the blank

people suffering with anorexia nervosa are ____ times as likely to commit suicide as the general population

Answer 7

people suffering with anorexia nervosa are 5 times as likely to commit suicide

Question 8

Answer:

What is amnorrhea

what causes it

Answer 8

the abscence of menstral cycles

anorexia nervosa

Question 9

List:

medical problems related to anorexia nervosa

5 points

Answer 9

• lowered body temperature
• low blood pressure
• body swelling
• reduced bone mineral density
• slow heart rate

Question 10

Answer:

Bulimia Nervosa is also known as

Answer 10

binge-purge syndrome

Question 11

Define

Binge

Answer 11

uncontrollable overeating

Question 12

List:

characteristics of bulimia nervosa

4 points

Answer 12

• repeated binge-eating episodes
• repeated performance of ill-advised compensatory behaviors
• symptoms take place at least weekly for a period of 3 months
• inappropriate influence of weight and shape on apprasial of oneself

Question 13

Answer:

what percent of people develop bulimia nervosa

Answer 13

1%

Question 14

answer:

on average how many calories do binge eater eat in one binge

Answer 14

2,000-3,400

Question 15

Answer

what percent of girls/ women Experience body dissatisfaction

Answer 15

83%

Question 16

Answer:

what percent of men/boys experience body dissatisfaction

Answer 16

74%

Question 17

Choose:

people suffering from this disorder are more likely to have mood swings, become easily frustrated and have trouble coping effectively

Bulimia Nervosa
Anorexia Nervosa

Answer 17

Bulimia Nervosa

Question 18

Answer

what is the difference between binge eating disorder and bulimia nervosa

Answer 18

binge eating disorder doesn’t involve purging

Question 19

List:

checklist of binge eating disorder

9 points

Answer 19

• reccurent binge eating
• unusually fast eating
• absence of hunger
• Uncomfortable fullness
• secret eating (sense of shame)
• subsequent feelings of self-disgust, depression, or severe guilt
• significant distress
• binge eating take place weekly over course of 3 months
• absence of excessive compensatory behaviors

Question 20

answer

What percentage of people develop binge eating disorder

Answer 20

2.8%

Question 21

define:

multidimensional risk perspective

Answer 21

several key factors that together place a person at risk

for an eating disorder

Question 22

Answer:

who is the “pioneer” of the study and treatment of eating disorders

Answer 22

Hilde Bruch

Question 23

define:

Effective parents

Hilde bruch

Answer 23

parents who accurately attend to their child’s needs

biological and emotional

Question 24

Define:

Ineffective parents

Hilde Bruch

Answer 24

parents who fail to appropriately attend to their child’s need

Question 25

# Answer: How does ineffective parenting lead to eating disorders?

Answer 25

parents who incorrectly interpret child's need leave the child unsure of how to fulfill their needs as they grow up

Question 26

# fill in the blank: many people with an eating disorder misinterpret being anxious or upset as ____

Answer 26

many people with an eating disorder misinterpret being anxious or upset as **hunger**

Question 27

# Answer: About how many people with an eating disorder also suffer depression

Answer 27

half

Question 28

# Answer: if one identical twin has an anorexia what percentage of second twins develop anorexia nervosa?

Answer 28

70%

Question 29

# Answer if a fraternal twin develops anorexia what percentage of second twins develop anorexia nervosa?

Answer 29

20%

Question 30

# Answer if an identical twin develops bulimia nervosa what percentage of second twins develop bulimia?

Answer 30

23%

Question 31

# Answer: if one fraternal twin develops bulimia what percentage of second twins devleop bulimia?

Answer 31

9%

Question 32

# List disorders caused by brain circuit dysfunction that eating disorders have in common | 3 points

Answer 32

* anxiety * obsessive compulsive * depression

Question 33

# Answer: what part of the brain do biological theorists focus their explaination for eating disorders on

Answer 33

hypothalamus

Question 34

# define enmeshed family pattern

Answer 34

family memebers are overinvolved and overconcerned with the details of eachothers lives

Question 35

# Answer: What is the driving factor in Anorexia Nervosa?

Answer 35

Fear | of gaining weight

Question 36

# What is: Clinical picture of Anorexia Nervosa | 5 points

Answer 36

* key goal is becoming thin * driving motivation is fear * preoccupation with food occurs * thinking is distroted * low opinion of body shape

Question 37

# List: potential psychological problems | 7 points

Answer 37

* depression * anxiety * low self-esteem * sleep disturbances * substance abuse * obsessive-compulsive patterns * perfectionism

Question 38

# List: potential medical problems of anorexia nervosa | 8 points

Answer 38

* Amenorrhea * lowered body temperature * low BP * body swelling * reduced bone mineral density * slow heart rate * metabolic/electrolyte imbalances * skin,nail, and hair problems

Question 39

# Answer: What percent of college students report binge-eating or self induced vomititng

Answer 39

25-50%

Question 40

# List: Checklist of binges

Answer 40

* episodes of uncontrollable eating * 1-30 episodes per week 2,000-3,400 calories * often carried out in secret * preceded by great tension, releived by eating * followed by extreme self-blame, shame, guilt depression and fear of weight gain

Question 41

# Define: Compensatory behaviors

Answer 41

behaviors designed to counteract the effects of binge eating so weight gain doesn't happen

Question 42

# List: Examples of compensatory behaviors | 3 points

Answer 42

* vomiting (purging) * laxative * diuretics (water pills)

Question 43

# List: Similarities between anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa | 6 points

Answer 43

* Distorted body perception * fear of becoming obese * preoccupation with food, weight, and apperance * disturbed eating attitudes * feelings of anxiety, depression, obsessiveness and perfectionism * heightned risk of suicide attempts and fatalities

Question 44

# List: Differences between bulimia and anorexia | what bulimia is characterized by that anorexia isnt 6 points

Answer 44

* more concern about pleasing others * tend to be more sexually experienced (later age onset) * mood swings, frustration, and boredom and impulsivity * dental problems more likely * amenorrhea less likely

Question 45

# Answer: What is the single most powerful contributor to dieting and the development of eating disorders?

Answer 45

body dissatisfaction

Question 46

# define: Body dissatisfaction

Answer 46

evaluating weight and shape negatively

Question 47

# List: Characteristics of binge-eating episodes | 5 points

Answer 47

* unusually fast eating * absence of hunger * Uncomfortable fullness * secret eating due to sense of shame * Subsequent feeling of self disgust, depression and severe guilt

Question 48

# list: characteristics of binge-eating disorder | 5 points

Answer 48

* reccurent binge eating episodes * signficant distress * binge eating episodes take place at least weekly over the course of 3 months * abscense of excessive compensatory behaviors

Question 49

# List Cognitive factors of eating disorders | 2 points

Answer 49

* improper labeling of internal sensations * little control over life

Question 50

# True or false Antidepressant drugs sometimes help persons with eating disorders

Answer 50

**True**

Question 51

# Fill in the blank: relatice of people with eating disorders are **__** times more likely to develop eating disorders themselves

Answer 51

six

Question 52

# answer: What does the lateral hypothalamus (LH) do

Answer 52

produces hunger

Question 53

# answer: what does the Ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) do?

Answer 53

reduces hunger

Question 54

# answer: weight set point

Answer 54

hypothalamus and chemicals such as GLP-1 work together responsible for keeping an individual at particular weight

Question 55

# list eating disorder treatment goals | 2 points

Answer 55

* correct dangerous eating patterns * address broader physcological and situational facors that have led to and maintain the eating problems

Question 56

# list: treatments for anorexia nervosa | 3 points

Answer 56

* regain lost weight * recover from malnourishment * eat normally again

Question 57

# List: ways to restore weight and normal eating methods | 5 points

Answer 57

* nutritional rehabilitation * tube and intravenous feeding * behvaioral weight-restoration approaches * combination of supportive nursing care, nutritional counseling, high caloric diet * motivational interviewing

Question 58

# list: characteristics of cognitive-behavioral therapy | 4 points

Answer 58

* identification of core pathology and alternative stress and problem solving strategies * monitoring ties between feelings, hunger levels and food intake * changing attitudes about weight and eating; need for indepence control mechanisms * most successful when continued for at least a year beyond recovery and supplemented by other approaches