PSYC 208 Lecture Notes - Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating, Eating Disorder
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Body image is usually distored in a way that, even though, the actual body weight may be dangerously low, patients percieve themselves as overweight or have fears of becoming fat. Bulimia nervosa (bn) shares several symptoms with an however in bn, patients usually have normal body weight and frequent episodes of binge-eating, during which they consume large amounts of food. Both bn and an can be subdivided according to the presence or absence of compensatory behaviours ( purging"), which include excessive exercising, deloberate vomiting, or use of laxatives or diuretics. Patients with eating disorders often have difficulties in recognizing their own emotional states, which has been referred to as alexithymia. ". In developed countries, an has a lifetime prevelance of about 1%, and bn being twice as common in the general population. An is the third most common chronix disorder is adolescent girls in western countries.
