PSY240H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Binge Eating Disorder, Anorexia Nervosa, Binge Eating
Document Summary
Eating disorders and eating-related concerns are much more common among women and girls than men and boys. In a survey conducted by the who, almost 75% of grade 10 girls indicated they were on a diet or needed to lose weight. A canadian study found that almost one in four adolescent females is actively dieting to lose weight. Health concerns: obesity is related to the development of type ii diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, and some forms of cancer. Attractiveness: western culture values thin ideal, belief that being thing will increase self-worth. Dieting is hard and often ends in failure: eating regulation issues. Chronic dieters forget how to use hunger as a cue for eating. Eating disorders such as bulimia and anorexia nervosa have been described for hundreds of years. In the 1960s and 70s, western societies became more enamoured with thin physiques for women.
