Feeding and Eating disorders

Question 1

Anorexia Nervosa, Criteria A

Answer 1

A. Restriction of energy intake relative to requirements, leading to a significantly low body weight in the context of age, sex, developmental trajectory, and physical health. Significantly low weight is defined as a weight that is less than minimally normal or, for children and adolescents, less than that minimally expected.

Question 2

Anorexia Nervosa, Criteria B (3)

Answer 2

B. Intense fear of gaining weight or of becoming fat, or persistent behavior that interferes with weight gain, even though at a significantly low weight.

Question 3

Anorexia Nervosa, Criteria C (3)

Answer 3

C. Disturbance in the way in which one’s body weight or shape is experienced, undue influence of body weight or shape on self-evaluation, or persistent lack of recognition of the seriousness of the current low body weight.

Question 4

Bulimia Nervosa, Criteria A (2)

Answer 4

A.
Recurrent episodes of binge eating. An episode of binge eating is characterized by both of the following:
1.
Eating, in a discrete period of time (e.g., within any 2-hour period), an amount of food that is definitely larger than what most individuals would eat in a similar period of time 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).

Question 5

Bulimia Nervosa, Criteria B

Answer 5

B. Recurrent inappropriate compensatory behaviors in order to prevent weight gain, such as self-induced vomiting; misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or other medications; fasting; or excessive exercise.

Question 6

Bulimia Nervosa, Criteria C

Answer 6

C. The binge eating and inappropriate compensatory behaviors both occur, on average, at least once a week for 3 months.

Question 7

Bulimia Nervosa, Criteria D

Answer 7

D. Self-evaluation is unduly influenced by body shape and weight.