Medical diagnosis Temporary or sporadic Can be life-threatening unhealthy eating Anorexia and bulimia attitudes and behaviors Binging, extreme Non-normative dieting, overeating Normative Bulimia Nervosa Bingeing and undoing of caloric intake on regular basis
~3% of adolescents Anorexia Nervosa
Self-starvation due to a distorted body i
mage https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKUSGOB- 0V8&feature=fvsr ~0.5% of adolescents Overeating by teens
More common among girls than boys
Can result in being overweight or obese Usually teens who over eat also report dieting Compared to teens who don’t over eat: Score lower on body satisfaction measures Score lower on measure of self esteem Score higher on measures of depression Have more thoughts of suicide Why Do Eating Disorders Develop?