HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Organic Food, Bulimia Nervosa, Body Dysmorphic Disorder
24 May 2017
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Usuall(cid:455) des(cid:272)ri(cid:271)ed as se(cid:448)ere distur(cid:271)a(cid:374)(cid:272)es i(cid:374) eati(cid:374)g (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour that result fro(cid:373) the sufferer(cid:859)s obsessive fear about gaining weight. O(cid:373)e prefer (cid:858)dieti(cid:374)g disorder(cid:859), (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause it usuall(cid:455) i(cid:374)(cid:272)orporates a(cid:374) obsession to lose weight. Not precisely this dividing line between who has an eating disorder and who is on a diet. New category: binge eating disorder: causes us to rethink eating disorders, not about dieting or food restriction and not about obsessive fear of gaining weight. Listed as a symptom in the dsm up until 2013. Lack of impulse control: see meat and go crazy wanting to eat it saying you had no control, you saw it and had to eat it, animalistic behaviour. Health problems related to weight loss (abdominal pain, intolerance to cold, lethargy) Other difficulties include: dry/cracked skin, fine hair on face or body, anaemia. Some people may overcome eating disorders but may never get rid of these effects: electrolyte imbalance that can lead to cardiac arrest or kidney failure.
