HLTHAGE 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Binge Eating Disorder, Binge Eating, Eating Disorder
12 Apr 2016
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Usually described as severe disturbances in eaing behaviour that result from the suferer"s obsessive fear about gaining weight. Some prefer dieing disorder because it usually incorporates an obsession to lose weight o o. A new category-- binge eaing disorder-- challenges this approach. Extreme emaciaion (refusal to maintain 85% of "normal" weight. Disturbed percepion of one"s body giving undue inluence to body weight and shape in self-evaluaion o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o. See their body diferent than how other people see them. People may put a lot of value on their body weight and shape. Individual may conlate their worth/value with their body. Leads to consequences, if you lose weight you might feel beter and a good person, however if you gain weight this could impact self-evaluaion, bad person or failure. They feel hungry but choose to withhold food even if they want to eat.
