PSY 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sleep Deprivation, Food Marketing, Melatonin
4 Apr 2016
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Chronic sleep deprivation is found in teens. Light triggers melatonin to stop being produced. Wake up when the sun comes up. Helps with bone mass especially in girls. Low calcium = osteoporosis (detrition of disks in spine) older women with hunched backs. 80% of obese teens stay obese into adulthood. Accommodate people so they don"t have to leave cars. Green checkmark to say it is healthy. The fructose syrup disrupts the leptin in your body, so you believe you"re still hungry when you really aren"t so you over eat. Read labels to products to find what is really in them. Issues with food are symbolic of deeper emotional issues. Has to obtain behavior for 3 months, in a row in order to classify as disorder. Engage in binge eating (lots of food within 2 hours) Excessive exercising or fasting: purging type (80-90%) Classis on dominant hand knuckles from purging.
