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Weight Concerns
Published in Carolyn Torkelson, Catherine Marienau, Beyond Menopause, 2023
Carolyn Torkelson, Catherine Marienau
Disordered eating refers to a spectrum of irregular eating behaviors or habits that may or may not signal an actual eating disorder. An eating disorder is a more serious condition that disrupts your life and affects your health in numerous ways. Eating disorders can affect women of all ages and do not spare the aging woman. Anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and binge eating can affect women in midlife and later. What we don’t know is whether older women with an eating disorder suffered from an untreated eating disorder in the past that may have gone into remission and resurfaced later in life, or if the disorder first appeared later in life. We do know that eating disorders have increased to the point that in America, 78% of deaths due to anorexia occur among older adults, not the young.4
Midwifery Approach to Lifestyle Medicine for Reproductive Health
Published in Gia Merlo, Kathy Berra, Lifestyle Nursing, 2023
Clients with severe eating disorders are the most likely to be diagnosed and treated. However, more common than those with formal diagnosis of an eating disorder are the many people who fit the clinical picture of disordered eating. Many people who are normal weight or in a larger body find themselves fixated on eating perfectly, to the point where this impinges on quality of life (Howard, 2020; Wacker, 2018).
Optimal Nutrition for Women
Published in Michelle Tollefson, Nancy Eriksen, Neha Pathak, Improving Women's Health Across the Lifespan, 2021
Kayli Anderson, Kaitlyn Pauly, Debra Shapiro, Vera Dubovoy
The three main types of eating disorders include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. Patients may also present with subclinical disorders such as orthorexia nervosa, a pathologic fixation with eating healthy, or disordered eating that does not fit all criteria for other categories.111 Clinicians should screen for eating disorders and disordered eating behaviors and refer patients to eating disorder specialists when signs are present, as well as refrain from healthcare practices known to catalyze or exacerbate eating disorders, such as the promotion of dieting.
Values engagement as a predictor of eating disorder severity in a residential sample of female adolescents with eating disorders
Published in Eating Disorders, 2023
Julie M. Petersen, Jen L. Barney, Tyson S. Barrett, Tera Lensegrav-Benson, Benita Quakenbush-Roberts, Michael P. Twohig
Eating disorders are a serious problem among adolescents, with prevalence ranging from 1–14%, depending on the sample and symptom presentation (Glazer et al., 2019; Karekla et al., 2020; Marzilli et al., 2018). The initial onset of eating disorders is commonly in adolescence (Ward et al., 2019); one study found 9–41% of female youth endorsed symptoms of eating disorders (e.g., body shape disturbance, disordered eating behavior, influence of weight/shape on self-esteem; Ackard et al., 2007). Disordered eating behaviors are associated with concerns related to weight, a broad range of mental health problems, and impaired daily functioning (Marzilli et al., 2018; Olsen et al., 2020). More specifically, adolescents with eating disorders reported disruptions across all domains of life, including social engagement, physical health, and general and health-related quality of life (Fiske et al., 2014; Swanson et al., 2014)
The impact of snapchat usage on drunkorexia behaviors in college women
Published in Journal of American College Health, 2022
Stephen Foster, Molly O’Mealey, Claire Farmer, Mauricio Carvallo
Disordered eating behaviors, as defined by the Pereira and Alvarenga10, are “troublesome eating behaviors, such as purgative practices, bingeing, food restriction, and other inadequate methods to lose or control weight.” Although DEBs could be viewed as subclinical in nature, their occurrence signals an increased risk of developing full-blown eating disorders.10 In addition, DEBs are particularly problematic because, even at subclinical levels, these behaviors can contribute to depression and anxiety, substance abuse, and even more severe outcomes such as kidney disease and heart failure in the long term.11–16 There are several factors that have been established as predictors of disordered eating. For one, research has found that DEBs are more frequent in college-aged women than in any other demographic group. Some researchers have proposed that approximately two-thirds of college-aged women might be considered at risk for an eating disorder.17–20Another contributing factor is body comparison indices. Research has shown that individuals who are more likely to compare their body to others tend to display higher levels of disordered eating.21–24 A final factor is drive for thinness. Individuals with internal drives to achieve/maintain thinness are not only more likely to partake in DEBs25–29, but such individuals are more likely to be bulimic, anorexic, or suffer from a binge-eating disorder as well.30–33
“Devi Mangiare!” [You have to eat!]: Experiences of disordered eating among Italian-Australian women
Published in Health Care for Women International, 2022
Michelle Caruso, Nicole Moulding
Within the psycho-medical paradigm, disordered eating is classified into a system of mental disorders in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder the most well-known conditions (APA, 2013, pp. 338–350). However, most women who struggle with eating are understood to experience “sub threshold”, “mixed” or “atypical” disordered eating, which are captured under the classification of “Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder” or “Unspecified Feeding or Eating Disorder” (APA, 2013, pp. 353–354). Clinical classification of disordered eating as a mental illness has informed the treatment approaches of medical practitioners, psychiatrists and psychologists (Cassell & Gleaves, 2006, pp. vii–viii). This has usually involved an emphasis on the maintenance of a healthy weight, correction of “faulty” beliefs about weight and food, and resolution of psychological deficits such as weak identity and perfectionism (Moulding, 2006). The dominant psycho-medical paradigm of disordered eating therefore continues to be a medical one, and this informs both knowledge and practice. As a result, there has been little attention to contextualizing the disordered eating experiences of women from diverse cultural backgrounds, including how these cultural contexts frame and influence women’s experiences and the implications for practice.