PSYCH 3830 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Gastric Bypass Surgery, Bulimia Nervosa, Anorexia Nervosa
4 Mar 2017
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Bulimia nervosa: eating disorder involving recurrent episodes of uncontrolled excessive (binge) eating followed by compensatory actions to remove the food (for example, deliberate vomiting, laxative abuse, and excessive exercise) Binge: relatively brief episode of uncontrolled, excessive consumption, usually of food or alcohol. Anorexia nervosa: eating disorder characterized by recurrent food refusal, leading to dangerously low body weight. Binge-eating disorder (bed): pattern of eating involving distress-inducing binges not followed by purging behaviors; being considered as a new dsm diagnostic category. Obesity: excess of body fat resulting in a body mass index (bmi, a ratio of weight to height) or 30 or more. Purging techniques: in the eating disorder bulimia nervosa, the self-induced vomiting or laxative abuse used to compensate for excessive food ingestion. Night eating syndrome: consuming a third or more of daily food intake after the evening meal and getting out of bed at least once during the night to have a high-calorie snack.
