Chapter 9 Short Questions

Eating Disorders

Priyanka is highly restrictive of her calorie intake and exercises vigorously each day. Despite having a severely low body weight, Priyanka believes she is overweight and needs to continue losing weight.

When Priyanka goes to a doctor, she is MOST likely to be diagnosed with:

Anorexia nervosa

Mel has been diagnosed with anorexia nervosa. His body weight is 15 percent below its ideal weight. Mel will often tell his parents that he isn't hungry because he ate at school or work. Mel claims to have stopped on the way home at a fast-food place. He can even produce a receipt and the wrapping paper of the food he ate. When Mel does eat at home he just moves food around on the plate. Based on this description, Mel was most likely diagnosed with ______ type of anorexia nervosa.

Restricting

Research indicates that approximately ______ percent of individuals who struggle with anorexia nervosa are male.

25

Which of the following symptoms is NOT characteristic of anorexia nervosa?

Lack of interest in food

Research indicates that approximately ________ percent of individuals who struggle with bulimia nervosa are female.

75

Which of the following symptoms is characteristic of bulimia nervosa but is NOT characteristic of anorexia nervosa?

Concern about pleasing others

Which of the following is true about the prevalence rates of anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), and binge- eating disorder (BED)?

BED > BN > AN

The drugs receiving the MOST attention recently for reducing binge eating and purging behaviors are

Antidepressants

Which of these is NOT true about anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder?

The age of onset is typically over the age of 20

Relatives of people with eating disorders are up to _______ times more likely to develop one of these disorders themselves.

6

While many individuals with anorexia nervosa benefit from treatment, studies indicate that this disorder continues to be a chronic, serious problem for at least ______ percent of these people, even after treatment.

20

Treatment is shown to provide immediate, significant improvement in about _______ of cases of bulimia nervosa.

40 percent