NEUR 1201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Binge Eating Disorder, Eating Disorder, Leptin
13 Apr 2017
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But we often eat when we"re not hungry, or don"t eat when we are. Eating (or lack of eating) can become pathological. All characterized by weight and food preoccupation. The eating disorders are very tied to culture, and understanding this is critical in appreciating their complexity. It is impossible to become obese or develop a binge eating disorder if one lives in a poor country where food is scarce. Similarly, it is rare to see individuals voluntarily self-restricting their food intake if they live in places where food is expensive. This is probably not due to genetic differences. A study in the late 80s looked at egyptian women going to university either in egypt or london. 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).
