Foods and Nutrition 1021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Binge Eating Disorder, Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa

• School: Western University
• Department: Foods and Nutrition
• Course: Foods and Nutrition 1021
• Professor: Noelle Martin

Document Summary

Increase knowledge and awareness of eating disorders and disordered eating. By the age of 18, 80% of girls of normal/healthy height and weight reported that they would like to weigh less. The national eating disorder centre in toronto estimates that: 200,000 - 300,000 women 14 - 40 yrs old have anorexia nervosa, twice as many have bulimia nervosa, 40% of 9 yr old girls report dieting. We ofte(cid:374) (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:374)ot (cid:271)la(cid:373)e o(cid:374) fa(cid:272)tor ed are multifactorial in their development: heredity/ genetics, psychological - voice of ed. Most times a child talks to their parent, they are hearing the voice of ed. Most of what they are saying could be lies: sociocultural - become more prevalent as wealth increases and food become plentiful, environment. Excessive pressure to be thin: health(cid:455) (cid:271)od(cid:455) (cid:449)eight is (cid:448)ie(cid:449)ed as (cid:862)too fat(cid:863, central to its diagnosis is a distorted body image that overestimates body fatness. Malnutrition is known to affect brain functioning and judgment about o(cid:374)e"s self.