PSYC203 Lecture Notes - Fluoxetine, Abdominal Pain, Body Shape
27 Oct 2013
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What is the norm for a body in biomedicine? youngish. Calculated as the ration of weight to height squared: under 18. 4 kg/m, 18. 5-25. 0 kg/m, 25. 0-30. 0 kg/m, over 30. 0 kg/m underweight normal overweight obese. Anorexia: literally means no desire" to eat, refusal to maintain body weight above a minimally normal weight for age and height. In a cohort study 16% of anorexia participants had died because of the disorder. Others exercise excessively: causes abdominal pain, digestive problems, dehydration, decay of teeth etc, 1-3% of women will develop bulimia over life time. Half will revert back to bulimia at one point. Nervosa: literally meaning nervous in origins", hence anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervous. Recurrent episodes of binge eating (amount and control) Eating alone (while knowing the binge is abnormal) Marked distress regarding binge eating = functional impairment. For 3+ months (only in the evening = night eating syndrome. No regular use or inappropriate compensatory behaviours.
