Foods and Nutrition 1021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Hypotension, Fat Friends, Xeroderma
6 Nov 2018
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10% of people diagnosed with an die within 10 years, by the age of 18, 80% of girls of normal/healthy weight reported they would like to. The national eating disorder centre in toronto estimates that: 200,000 to 300,000 women 13-40 years old have an, twice as many have bn, 40% of 9-year-old girls reported dieting. There are many factors that can contribute to an eating disorder, such as: heredity/genetics, psychology, sociocultural, environment, can develop after an abuse, want to fade away, endorphin release occurs when exercising/vomiting. Contributing factors: excessive pressure to be thin, malnutrition, painful emotions (cid:862)i feel fat(cid:863, friends, family, teachers/coaches, media. Anorexia nervosa: self-starvation, discipline is used to strictly limit food portions, food is the enemy, calorie contents of food and costs of exercises are memorized, highest mortality rate of any mental illness. Impaired immune response: very low energy and motivation, dry skin, low body temperature, the development of fine body hair, low blood pressure, heart failure.
