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| eating disorder in which people fail to maintain body weights that normal for their ages and heights, and suffer from fears of becoming fat, distorted body images, and amenorrhea; must be at least 15% below the minimum healthy weight for age and height |
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| in women and girls who have begun menstruating, the weight loss causes them to stop having menstrual periods |
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| restricting type anorexia nervosa |
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| weight gain is prevented by refusing to eat; more likely than those with binge/purge AN to have deep feelings of mistrust of others and a tendency to deny the problem |
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| binge/purge anorexia nervosa |
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| periodic bingeing or purging(vomiting, misuse of laxatives) behaviors occur along with behaviors that meet the criteria for anorexia nervosa; more likely to have problems with unstable moods and impulse control, with alcohol and other drug abuse, and with self-mutilation; also tend to have more chronic courses of the disorder |
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| difference bw Binge/Purge Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa |
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-people with the binge/purge type of anorexia continue to be at least 15% below a healthy body weight, whereas ppl with bulimia nervosa are typically at normal weight or somewhat overweight
-women with binge/purge AN often develop amenorrhea, whereas women with bulimia do not
-often a person with the binge/purge AN does not engage in binges in which she/he eats large amounts of food; however if she eats even a small amount of food, she feels as if she has binged and will purge the food |
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| people regularly binge eat and then attempt to avoid gaining weight from their binge; do not tend to show gross distortions of their body image like patients with AN; a criteria for a binge includes a sense of lack of control over eating |
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| purging type of bulimia nervosa |
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| people who use self-induced vomiting or purging medications; dentists can recognize this bc frequent vomiting can rot teeth bc exposure to stomach acid |
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| nonpurging type of bulimia nervosa |
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| people who use excessive exercise or fasting to control their weight, do not engage in purging |
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| people compulsively overeat either continuously or on discrete binges but do not behave in ways to compensate for the overeating; often overweight and disgusted by their body and ashamed of their bingeing |
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| Biological Factors of Eating Disorders |
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| genetic predisposition to eating disorders, predisposition to depression, dysregulation of the hypothalamus (plays role in regulation of eating), and deficiencies in serotonin levels (low serotonin may cause the body to crave carbohydrates |
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| one theory of eating disorders state that interdependent families with overinvolved parents causes eating disorders |
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| natural body weight determined by a person's metabolic rate, diet, and genetics |
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