NEUR 1201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Lanugo, Ghrelin, Temporal Lobe
23 Mar 2017
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Eating disorders: introduction: why do we eat, what makes you hungry, but we often eat when we"re not hungry, or don"t eat when we are. Eating (or lack of eating) can become pathological: eating disorders include: All characterized by weight and food preoccupation. Cultural issues: the eating disorders are very tied to culture, and understanding this is critical in appreciating their complexity. This is probably not due to genetic differences. A study in the late 80s looked at egyptian women going to university either in. There were no cases of eating disorders among women in. Cairo, but 12% of egyptian women in england had developed an eating disorder (nasser, 1988). Anorexia nervosa: the core feature of anorexia nervosa (an) is dramatic, dangerous levels of weight loss that are not explainable by a particular medical condition. The word anorexia comes from greek, an without , orexis appetite .
