Question

1. Binge eating disorder differs from bulimia in that:

   	1.	large quantities of food are consumed in a short period of time.
   	2.	there is a feeling of lack of control over the binge.
   	3.	depression often follows a binge.
   	4.	there is no purging after a binge.

   
   
   

2. Which of the following factors contributes to the development of anorexia nervosa?

   	1.	Overall happiness with one's life
   	2.	A healthy social support system
   	3.	A high self-esteem.
   	4.	Societal pressure to obtain the ideal body shape

   
   
   

3. Which statement about anorexia nervosa is true?

   	1.	Most cases of anorexia are treated easily in one year.
   	2.	People with anorexia lose bone mass and have impaired fertility.
   	3.	People with anorexia have a high percentage of body fat.
   	4.	People with anorexia have unusually fast heart rates and high blood pressure.

   
   

   The four officially recognized eating disorders are:

   	1.	anorexia nervosa, bulimia, binge eating disorder, and plumbism.
   	2.	obesity, marasmus, bulimia, and pagophagia.
   	3.	bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, pica, and binge-eating disorder.
   	4.	pica, anorexia nervosa, diabetes mellitus, and obesity.

Answer 1

And) Option 4. there is no purging after a binge.

Explaination:

The main difference between binge eating disorder and bulimia, is that unlike bulimia, where a person will consume a large quantity of food then subsequently undergo activities to purge the food, those who suffer from binge eating disorder do not try to compensate overeating with purging or laxatives.

Ans) Option 4. Societal pressure to obtain the ideal body shape.

Explaination:

Social Factors that Can Contribute to Eating Disorders:
- Cultural pressures that glorify “thinness” or muscularity and place value on obtaining the
“perfect body”
- Narrow definitions of beauty that include only women and men of specific body weights and Shapes.

Ans) Option 3. People with anorexia lose bone mass and have impaired fertility.

Explaination:

- Individuals who develop anorexia during adolescence are especially of great concern as bone accrual continues normally through the mid-20s and thus these individuals may never reach normal peak bone mass.

- Pregnancy in women with anorexia nervosa was rare owing to the endo-crinological disturbances associated with starvation coupled with the psychological and psychosocial features of the disorder

Ans) Option 3. bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, pica, and binge-eating disorder.

Explaination:

- Bulimia Nervosa is a serious eating disorder marked by bingeing, followed by methods to avoid weight gain.

Bulimia is a potentially life-threatening eating disorder.

- Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder causing people to obsess about weight and what they eat.

Anorexia is characterised by a distorted body image, with an unwarranted fear of being overweight

- Pica is an eating disorder that involves eating items that are not typically thought of as food and that do not contain significant nutritional value, such as hair, dirt, and paint chips.

- Binge eating- Frequently consuming unusually large amounts of food in one sitting and feeling that eating behaviour is out of control.