Health and Nutrition Chapter 11 Review – Flashcards
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All of the following are true of anorexia nervosa except
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increased body temperature
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Anorexia nervosa sufferers
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tend to be adolescent and early adult girls.
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Which of the following is characteristic of bulimics?
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Binge eating
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Criteria for diagnosing anorexia nervosa include all the following except
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intense fear of becoming too thin.
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Prevention of eating disorders might include any of the following except
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weighing often.
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Which characteristic is more indicative of bulimia than anorexia nervosa?
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Fluctuating weight
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Which of the following is not a sign or symptom of night eating syndrome?
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Difficulty staying awake and not feeling hungry before falling asleep at night
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All of the following can initiate the problem of anorexia nervosa except
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coming from a supportive family.
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Night eating syndrome is characterized by evening hyperphagia, which is defined as
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eating more than one-third of total daily calories after the evening meal.
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All of the following are true of an anorexic person who falls below 75 percent of normal body weight except
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loss of menstrual period becomes irreversible
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A person with anorexia nervosa is likely to
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grow up in a perfectionistic home with very high expectations.
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The family of a bulimic tends to
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have a great deal of conflict.
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Anorexia nervosa is defined as
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psychological denial of appetite.
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A condition of self-induced severe weight loss, particularly common in adolescent girls, is called
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anorexia nervosa.
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What is the name of the condition characterized by disordered eating, lack of menstrual periods, and osteoporosis?
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Female athlete triad
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The incidence of anorexia nervosa is highest
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adolescent females from middle and upper socioeconomic classes.
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Which of the following is not characteristic of individuals who develop eating disorders
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Have high self-esteem
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Which of the following is not an early warning sign of anorexia nervosa?
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Sleeping often and having no interest in exercise
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At later stages in anorexia development, anorexics
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eat 300 to 600 kilocalories per day
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The semistarvation of anorexia nervosa results in all the following physiological changes except
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increased heart rate.
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The slower basal metabolism that accompanies anorexia nervosa is caused by
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decreased synthesis of thyroid hormone.
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In anorexia nervosa, low blood potassium levels are associated with all of the following except
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low protein intake
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Loss of menstrual periods associated with anorexia nervosa is caused by
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low body fat content.
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A major characteristic of an anorexic person that significantly inhibits successful treatment is
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denial of the problem.
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The most long-term success in anorexia nervosa treatment has been with
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a multidisciplinary team of health care providers.
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One of the best ways to get anorexics into treatment is to
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have a group intervention of friends and family to confront them with the problem
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The first goal in nutrition therapy for anorexia nervosa is
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to stop further weight loss.
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All of the following are goals for an anorexic person except
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keep activity at a high level.
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The typical characteristics for binge-eating disorder include binge-eating episodes
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not accompanied by purging.
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all of the following are helpful for the recovery of the anorexic person except
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separation from the family.
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A disorder in which frequent bingeing and possibly purging occurs is called
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bulimia.
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All of the following are true about bulimia except
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the result is low body weight.
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A common characteristic of both bulimics and anorexics is that they are
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perfectionists
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A difference between anorexics and bulimics is that
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anorexics turn away from food during a crisis, whereas bulimics turn toward food.
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Which of the following is true about the bingeing behavior of the bulimic?
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Violation of rigid food rules can initiate a binge.
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Which of the following is true about purging behavior related to bulimia?
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After vomiting, many kilocalories from the food eaten are still absorbed.
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Most of the health problems in bulimia arise from
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vomiting.
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Joni uses ipecac syrup to promote vomiting after her binges. All of the following are negative effects of vomiting except
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high blood potassium levels, which disturb heart rhythm
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Treatment for bulimia should last at least how many weeks?
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16
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An effective nutritional counseling approach to bulimia involves all the following except
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suggesting that the person follow strict food rules to control eating.
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Jane is a binge eater. Which of the following is probably not true about her?
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She binges on large quantities of food and purges.
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Which of the following is the best treatment approach for binge-eating disorder?
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An eating plan that does not restrict particular foods, in which the person eats in response to hunger signals
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Studies have shown that night eating syndrome symptoms, including nocturnal ingestion of food and evening hyperphagia, are significantly improved with use of
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an antidepressant.
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The most significant factor promoting eating disorders in North American culture is
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societal emphasis on being thin and the link between thinness and social value.
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Food diaries and a regular meal plan are commonly part of the treatment for
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bulimia nervosa
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Understanding the abnormality of the behavior is most common among people with
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Bulimia nervosa
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A Approximately half of the people with ____________ also suffer from chronic depression.
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bulimia nervosa
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Patients with ____________ may present with clinical signs of semistarvation, such as decreased metabolic rate
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anorexia nervosa
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Cessation of menstruation is most likely associated with
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anorexia nervosa.
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Downy hair that grows on the body to counteract the heat loss associated with a lack of insulating subcutaneous fat is/are called
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lanugo
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Coping with stress by not eating is a characteristic of
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anorexia nervosa.
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Coping with stress by eating is a characteristic of
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bulimia nervosa.
