SOWK 2025 Quiz: Intense Notes for Quiz (every module reading)
14 Nov 2011
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Body weight is below a minimally normal level for age and height (criterion a: criterion a provides a guideline for determining when the individual meets the o threshold for being underweight. It suggests that the individual weigh less than 85% of that weight that is considered normal for that person"s age and height. Intensely fear gaining weight or becoming fat (criterion b) this intense fear of. The experience and significance of body weight and shape are distorted in these: weight loss is viewed as an impressive achievement and a sign of extraordinary self-discipline, whereas weight gain is perceived as an unacceptable failure of self-control. In postmenarcheal females, amenorrhea (due to abnormally low levels of estrogen secretion that are due to diminished pituitary secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone (fsh) and luteinizing hormone (lh) is an indicator of physiological dysfunction in. Subtypes: restricting type dieting, fasting, or excessive exercise.
