HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Binge Eating Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Health, Aging and Society
• Course: HLTHAGE 1CC3
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Eating disorder is usually described as someone who has preoccupations with their weight and it changes the way they consume food. This is not the definition everyone agrees on. Dieting disorder-because it usually incorporates an obsession to lose weight. There is a restriction on how much food you eat. Dieting disorder makes us think of a more body image problem. There"s (cid:374)o(cid:449) a new category called binge eating disorders (differs from dieting) (extreme refusal to maintain 85% of normal weight) person restricts food intake to the point where they lose weight disproportionately. The idea of (cid:374)or(cid:373)al (cid:271)ody (cid:449)eight it a (cid:373)oral judge(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. it"s (cid:374)ot grou(cid:374)ded i(cid:374) s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e. it"s more social. A person becomes preoccupied with the way their body looks, in the way they value themselves. They feel like they"re a good perso(cid:374) (cid:449)he(cid:374) they"re tryi(cid:374)g to lose (cid:449)eight. (cid:862)i"(cid:373) gai(cid:374)i(cid:374)g 2 pou(cid:374)ds, i"(cid:373) a failure/(cid:271)ad perso(cid:374)(cid:863). The perso(cid:374) is o(cid:448)erly (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)er(cid:374)ed a(cid:271)out their (cid:271)ody a(cid:374)d it"s (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ges.