History Taking Strategy: Anorexia Nervosa Eating disorders have been popularized by society’s fascination with weight and a thin body. These disorders can be grouped in to three categories: refusing to maintain a minimally normal body weight (anorexia nervosa)‚ eating in binges and then purging (bulimia nervosa)‚ and bingeing without purging. The Merek Manual defines anorexia nervosa as a disorder characterized by a distorted body image‚ and extreme fear of obesity‚ refusal to maintain a minimally
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Anorexia Nervosa DSM-IV Criteria for Anorexia Nervosa A) Refusal to maintain body weight at or above a minimally normal weight for age and height. Weight loss leading to maintenance of body weight less than 85% of that expected; or failure to make weight gain during period of growth leading to body weight less than 85% of that expected. B) Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat even though under -weight. C) Disturbance in the way one’s body weight or shape is experienced undue influence
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Biological explanations for anorexia nervosa Biological explanations for anorexia nervosa include neural explanations and evolutionary explanations. 1st BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATION - Neurotransmitters -Serotonin Disturbances in the levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin appear to be a characteristic of individuals with eating disorders. Kaye 2005 found a reduction in the levels of the serotonin metabolite 5-HIAA in people with eating disorders. This suggests that brain serotonin pathways are underactive
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Misperceptions about Anorexia Women are consistently the punchline of many jokes‚ regardless of their size. One day‚ a woman decides that she can no longer tolerate the hurtful comments about her being overweight. So she decides to stop eating‚ only to be slammed with similarly hurtful comments such as‚ “she needs to go eat a cheeseburger”‚ “she looks like a pre-pubescent twelve year old boy”. These phrases are apart of a global epidemic showing how unfairly we stigmatize Anorexia Nervosa. We think it is
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Anorexia nervosa is a topic of current interest. The media creates the impression that to be rich and successful in life one has to be beautiful and slim. Young woman want to adapt to the ideal of beauty the media promotes unaware of the serious consequences this may have in regard to their health. They try to look like the celebrities and models presented on TV and in fashion and lifestyle magazines. These magazines encourage their readers to go on a diet and to lose weight and they offer a wide
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Eating disorders are serious‚ potentially life-threatening conditions that affect a person’s emotional and physical state (Nationaleatingdisorders.org‚ 2015). Bulimia Nervosa is a common eating disorder where diagnosed patients will have recurring and frequent episodes of eating unusually large amounts of food and feeling a lack of control over these episodes. Following this binge eating‚ the patients will compensate for the large amounts of food they have just eaten by vomiting‚ using a large amount
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Essay Bulimia and Anorexia in Physical Education How many times have you stepped on the scale thinking to yourself that you weigh too much? More than half of the population that thinks they are overweight‚ in fact‚ are not. One of the most common answers for always feeling “fat” is the development of an eating disorder. This usually happens in women from the ages of 12-25. It is important to understand the significance of serious eating disorders‚ such as anorexia and bulimia‚ as well as
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Glorification of Body Image by the Media The United States has seen a rise of Anorexia Nervosa among its people and is doing nothing to combat this problem. Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by immoderate food restriction and an irrational fear of gaining weight‚ as well as a distorted body self-perception. It is‚ in large part‚ mental disorder because many times the people that have it are usually at a normal weight and size originally‚ but their minds allow them to think otherwise
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Introduction: Statement of the Problem Generally speaking in Western society‚ the incidence of eating disorders is on the rise‚ and no longer limited to the teenage female demographic. Startling statistics now indicate that onset of anorexia nervosa in females is beginning at a much earlier age and across more racially and ethnically diverse lines (Grover‚ Keel‚ & Mitchell‚ 2008). While the characteristics of the afflicted population are changing‚ so too are some of the theories about the
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Kelsey Brommel Physiology 208 November 3‚ 2015 Physiological Consequences of Anorexia Nervosa on the Body Physiology‚ a branch of biology‚ is a required course for human nutrition and dietetic majors here at Southern Illinois University and for a good reason too. In order to improve people’s lifestyle choices and dietary habits a qualified nutritionist must know and understand the daily functions of human beings and their bodily systems. A dietetic student aspiring to work in an out or inpatient
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