APPH 1040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Disordered Eating, Binge Eating Disorder, Osteoporosis
3 Jun 2015
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Apph: 1040 scientific foundation of health- lecture 4: eating disorders. Psychological problems with physical behaviors and symptoms. Models often time project an image that can be unhealthy to the rest of the population. Stars show this when they go through publicized dramatic weight loss. You can tell when someone has anorexia when bones are defined duet. They like to prepare food for others- view food as an enemy. Women- absence of at least 3 consecutive menstrual cycles (result/symptom). Increase in exercise, but decrease in food consumption- for both genders. Body begins to shut down, due to under nourishment. Cycles of binging and purging: eat often large quantities of food, then inducing vomiting and use laxatives/diuretics. Maybe as much as 20% of college women. Deprivation (rigid diet) -> binge -> guilt-> purge-> reduced anxiety -> (repeat) Ex: karen carpenter- was a part of a brother sister musical duo.
