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Solutions For Abnormal Psychology Chapter 7 Problem 4TY

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Solution 1

Eating disorder is a serious issue that is mostly linked with the psychological changes. This is caused due to stress, extreme concern about the body shape and size by social abuses, genetic factors.

Examples: Anorexia nervosa, binge eating, bulimia nervosa.

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In some individuals there will be n diagnostic criteria for all these three disorders and they belong to Other Specified Feeding and Eating Disorder (OSFED).

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Hence the option a is not correct.

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Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that is characterized by extreme weight loss due to restricting energy intake, fear of weight gain and obesity. In this the individuals refuse to eat food to look lean and have very low weight than the usual. There are two types of anorexia nervosa.

• In classical type they try to look thin by restricting the energy intake even they are hungry and by increasing the physical activity.

• In the second type they perform binge eating and purging.

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Hence the correct option is .