PSYC 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Multivitamin, Eating Disorder, Underweight
20 Mar 2017
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Healthy eating recommendations: eat plenty of vegetables and fruit every day. Include a dark green and an orange vegetable. If you are planning on or are pregnant take a multivitamin that contains folic acid and iron. Why is healthy eating a concern: nutritional requirements. Fiber: link to diseases, prevalence of obesity. Over 30: obese: bmi does not distinguish between fat, muscle, bone mass, use with children debated. Obesity: an excessive accumulation of body fat: risk factor for many disorders, one of the chief causes of disability, associated with early mortality, can cause psychological distress. Why do we eat too much: mindless eating. Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fate or persistent behaviour that interferes with weight gain: consequence of societal focus on thinness. Eating large amounts of food when not feeling physically hungry. Eating alone because of the feeling of embarrassment by how much one is eating.
