BIO 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Female Athlete Triad, Anorexia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder
Document Summary
Eating disorder characterized by a refusal to maintain a minimally normal body weight, self starvation to the extreme and a disturbed perception of weight and shape. Recurring episodes of binge eating combined with a morbid fear of becoming fat, usually followed by self-induced vomiting or purging. Psychological therapy aimed at changing undesirable behaviours by changing underlying through processes contributing to these behaviours. A disturbance in eating behaviour that jeopardizes a person"s physical of psychological health. A potentially fatal triad of medical problem seen in female athletes, disordered. Anorexia nervosa: refusal to maintain a minimally normal body weight. They have an intense fear of being fat: self-starvation to the extreme. This often results in amenorrhea (loss of meanstruation: disturbed perception of body weight and shape. Anorexia nervosa usually affects women but 10% of cases affect men. There are 2 types of anorexia nervosa: restricting type: restrict calorie intake, binge eating/purging type: regularly engages in binge eating o purging behaviours.
