HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Bulimia Nervosa, Eating Disorder, Mental Disorder
22 Nov 2016
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Television, movies, magazines and other forms of media. Over years, our standards of women have become thinner and the number of eating disorders have gone higher. In families where you have high amounts of ee, you are more likely to have eating disorders. Human beings are minds have evolved over time in order to be adaptive. Characteristics of someone who develops anorexia: losing breasts, losing hips. Less fertile: wear a lot of baggy clothing, taking breast down, have personalities that are young even for their age, immature, sexual disinterest. Bulimia are those who still want to compete. If you want to understand anorexia you need to look at a the typical girl: middle class, not working class, university educated, involved in various activities, good student, good girl, people pleaser, well-liked by teachers, parents. Food intake is the one thing that these girls can control. Restricting food intake is an act of rebellion.
