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What are the 3 types of eating disorders?

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Anorexia nervosa
Bulimia nervosa
Atypical eating disorders s

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What is anoerixa nervosa?

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A syndrome in which the person maintains a low body weight as a result of a preoccuptation with weight, construcucted as either a fear of fatness or a pursuit of thinness

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What is bulimia nervosa?

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Characterized by recurrent episodes of binge eating and compensatory behaviour (vomiting, fastin or excessive exercise) in order to prevent weight gain

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What are atypical eating disorders?

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Closely resemble anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa but do not meet precise diagnostic critera for them

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What is more prevalant, anorexia or bulimia?

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Bulimia is 5 times more common that anorexia

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How is a diagnosis made of an eating disorder?

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Made on the basis of the history and suggestive clinical features

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Why are eating disorders difficult to detect in primary care?

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People are slow to present and may only do so when persuaded by concerned family members or friends

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What are some of the symptoms of an eating disorder?

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Fatigue, dizziness, lack of energy, physical complications associated with starvation, purging and vomiting