Eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia are generally "blamed" on culture and society. At the same time, there appears to be a genetic influence as well. Explain how culture and genetics may interact in the development of anorexia and bulimia. Several causes are attributed to eating disorders in the development of anorexia and bulimia. Culture and genetics interact in the development of anorexia and bulimia.
As characterized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Illness (DSM-IV-TR [APA], 2000), eating disorders are severe disturbances in eating behavior that are characterized by the individual being preoccupied with body size and weight. This behavioral attitude may lead to unhealthy choices in efforts to control weight. Anorexia Nervosa (anorexia) involves intense fear of gaining weight, disturbed body image, and dangerous measures to lose weight. Bulimia Nervosa (bulimia) is characterized as a disorder in which persons habitually engage in out of control overeating followed by unhealthy practices to control ...
Solution Summary
Research is presented on culture and genetics in the development of anorexia and bulimia. Studies found that persons who had phobic obsessions such as food preoccupations and washing rituals are prone to eating disorder. The DSM description of the these two forms of eating disorders are discussed.
... patients with anorexia or bulimia and an estimated 35 percent of those with binge-eating disorder" (NIMH, 2009). This clearly shows that eating disorders occur ...
... claimed that "A person could not eat just one ... at the quantity of food being eaten Feelings of ... engaging in long term association with eating disorders can lead ...
... as opposed to anorexics who under eat. ... & Herman (1987) suggests that eating disorders often originate ... considering a diagnosis of Eating Disorder Not Otherwise ...
... by severely restricting the amount of food they eat, then binge ... is all about a cycle of binge eating and purging ... if they believe that they have 'eaten a lot' to ...
... and size; excessive exercising, refusing to eat in fear ... In addition, poor eating habits can be the start ... lethal of all the mental health disorders, killing or ...
... Anorexics are sometimes known to eat junk food, particularly ... food they claim to have eaten, use diet ... All in all, eating disorders are very complex emotional ...
... The criteria for an eating disorder Not Otherwise Specified (307.50 ... TR(2000) consists of all disorders not meeting the criteria for Anorexia Nervosa or ...
... Int J Eat Disord. ... Management of eating disorders in children and adolescents. ... Hunt TJ, Thienhaus O, Ellwood A. The mirror lies: body dysmorphic disorder. ...
... but yet continues to eat excessively; therefore ... a person to developing an eating disorder and obesity ... known psychological aspects to eating disorders and obesity ...
