PSYC 2040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Amenorrhoea, Heritability, Acculturation

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2040
• Professor: Dan Meegan

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B. intense fear of gaining weight or of becoming fat, or persistent behaviour that interferes with weight gain, even though at a significantly low weight. Bmi = weight in kilograms/height in meters squared. World health organization: bmi 18. 5 as lower limit of normal anorexia severity specifiers for adults: Moderate: bmi 16-16. 99 kg/m 2 severe: bmi 15-15. 99 kg/m 2 extreme: bmi < 15 kg/m 2 for children and adolescents, use cdc calculator no absolute rules: must consider other factors anorexia: facts and stats. Majority are female (90-95%), white, and higher social class. 20-30% of these deaths from suicide anorexia nervosa: associated features. Most show marked disturbance in body image high comorbidity with anxiety (especially ocd and ocd-like symptoms) and mood disorders, substance use, suicide. Medical consequences: brittle hair/nails dry skin sensitivity to cold lanugo (downy hair on cheeks, limps) low blood pressure low heart rate amenorrhea in females.