Lecture 1: Definitions Flashcards
Define Restrained Eating
Intentional restriction of food intake in order to maintain or lose weight.
Uses cognitive resources.
Describe Set Point Theory.
Naturally have optimum body weight that we strive to maintain.
This can be cognitively distracting.
Define Disinhibited Eating.
Disruption of habitual restriction/inhibition of intake, resulting in overconsumption.
E.g. Distracting people when eating - eat more than normally would as haven’t used cognitive resources to maintain restriction.
Passive process.
Define Counter-regulatory Eating.
Cognitively mediated tendency for restrained eaters to consume more after a preload as have already passed their boundary.
“What the hell” Effect, compared to unrestrained eaters who compensate by reducing subsequent meals.
Active response - conscious decision.
Define Food Neophobia
Reluctance to eat or taste novel foods.
Occurs in developmental stage, 18-24months.
Brain development has caught up, aware of more. Rooted in evolutionary colours and tastes.
Define Growth Faltering.
Unsatisfactory growth based on weight and height for healthy development, relative to age and gender.
Due to incorrect diet, allergies etc.
What is child food refusal?
Persistent refusal to eat foods over a sustained period of time despite repeated offerings.
Physiological or psychological- e.g autism struggle with texture, or phobias due to choking.
Define Obesity
BMI over 30, waist circumference over 80cm in women and 94cm in men.
High percentage of body fat to lean mass.
Define Anorexia Nervosa.
Loss of appetite but preoccupied with food.
Usually defined by BMI under 17.5 alongside other DSM criteria.
What is Bulimia Nervosa?
“Nervous Ox Hunger”
Binge eating followed by weight control via purging or excessive exercise.
What is Binge Eating Disorder?
Bingeing with no compensatory behaviours.
More common in men than women.
