Eating disorders

Question 1

Between what ages do girls typically get eating disorders?

Answer 1

13 and 17

Question 2

How often do eating disorder symptoms need to be prevalent for before diagnosis is given

Answer 2

Typically, three months

Question 3

What is the BMI for mild and severe anorexia?

Answer 3

 mild anorexia has a BMI greater than 17 and severe has a BMI of less than 15

Question 4

In bulimia nervosa, what is mild and severe episodes of purging?

Answer 4

 mild is one to 3 episodes per week and severe is more than 14 episodes a week

Question 5

What are four ways that food can be gotten rid of for those with bulimia nervosa

Answer 5

 Vomiting, laxatives = purging

 or exercise and fasting

Question 6

What are the symptoms of Benji disorder?

Answer 6

Eating more quickly than usual

Eating until uncomfortably, full

Eating large amounts of food

Hiding eating behaviours due to embarrassment

Question 7

What are 2 issues with eating disorders diagnosis?

Answer 7

1. What constitutes as binge eating?
2. You can only have one eating disorder diagnosed at a time.

Question 8

What is ARFID?

Answer 8

Inversion to eating like that kid who only ate French fries

Question 9

Explain the eating disorders trend in the late 80s, early 2000

Answer 9

In 1988 to 2000, the study was conducted to see the trend of eating disorders, and found that whilst anorexia was stable, bulimia rose, and then fell below an anorexia later on. This rise may have been because of Princess Diana revealing that she had suffered from bulimia in 1992.

Question 10

What percentage of comorbidity with depression is there with eating disorders?

Answer 10

30%

Question 11

How is an eating disorder assessed?

Answer 11

Eating disorder examination, which looks at the behaviours and attitudes over the last month

Question 12

What causes eating disorders?

Answer 12

A mix of cultural, genetic and cognitive factors

Significantly the media has been a part of it, but it’s a question of eating disorders become popular because of celebrities or the celebrities bring awareness to a common condition,

They also pay more in people who focus on their bodies, such as models and athletes but again, is it a course or consequence, ?

Also social media massively influences eating disorders. Due to social comparison theory, 
Genetics such as chromosome, 12 explain, eating disorders.

Family environment such as in abuse or neglect may also explain eating disorders

Cognitive changes as well as personality factors such as low self-esteem, body satisfaction and weight control behaviours as well

Question 13

Why are eating disorders hard to treat?

Answer 13

There’s no continuation of care between childhood and adulthood and recovery takes place in regular society

Question 14

What are treatments available for eating disorders?

Answer 14

1. Severe anorexia FEEDING programs which can be really difficult as it’s essentially forcing yourself to eat routinely 
2. Cbt-E includes normalising, eating and seeing the relationship between eating behaviours.. then working on self-esteem and other underlying causes of eating disorders
3. Family therapy for children.