PHYSEDU 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Sleep Disorder, Specific Weight, Mood Disorder
11 Dec 2016
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What is normal eating: being flexible eating when hungry/stopping when full. Disordered eating: general term describing a variety of abnormal or atypical eating behaviors used to achieve or maintain a lower body weight. Usually doesn"t make a person seriously ill: eating disorders are not the same as disordered eating. Eating disorder: psychiatric condition involving extreme body dissatisfaction and long-term eating patterns harming the body: oftentimes very emotional factors. Multiple factors contribute to the development of disordered eating eating behaviors: genetic and biologicial factors, family influences. Three traits run within families of people with eating disorders. Abnormal eating behavior in one family member: unrealistic media images, social and cultural values, personality traits. It"s difficult to tell if personality is the cause of or an effect of the eating disorder. Personality traits associated with anorexia differ from those associated with bulimia nervosa. Bulimia is associated with impulsiveness, low-self esteem, erratic personality, and seeking attention and admiration.
