Eating Disorders

A pursuit of thinness that leads people to starve themselves

A cycle of bingeing followed by extreme behaviors to prevent weight gain, such as self-induced vomiting

People regularly binge but do not engage in behaviors to purse what they eat

When weigh loss causes women and girls to stop having menstrual periods

People simply refuse to eat as a way of preventing weight gain. most eat very small amounts of food each day, in part simply to stay alive and in part because of pressures from others to eat.

People periodically engage in bingeing or purging behaviors (self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives or diuretics). they are at least 15% below a healthy body weight, and they often develop amenorrhea.

Occurs in a discrete period of time, such as an hour or two, and involving eating an amount of food that is definitely large than most people would eat during a similar period of time and in similar circumstances

People who binge and then use self-induced vomiting or purging medications

People who binge and use excessive exercise or fasting to control their weight but do not engage in purging

Behaviors that smack of anorexia or bulimia nervosa but don't meet the full criteria for the disorders

A subtype of eating disorders, in which women are greatly concerned about their body shapes and sizes, and they try their best to maintain a strict, low-calorie diet but frequently fall off the wagon and engage in binge eating

A subtype of eating disorders, in which the women are concerned about weight and body size but are plagued by feelings of depression and low self-esteem; they eat to quell these feelings

The families of people with anorexia, in which there is extreme interdependence and intensity in the family interactions, so that the boundaries between the identities of individual family members are weak and easily crossed

Rewards are made contingent upon the person's gaining weight. high relapse rate

The person with anorexia and her family are treated as a unit.