Category eating behavior disorders

eating disorders

R. Borgacci's Binge Eating Disorder

What's this What is the Binge Eating Disorder? The Binge Eating Disorder (BED), also known as binge eating disorder, seems to be the most common eating disorder (DCA) among males, with a prevalence estimated at 40%, against 10-15% of bulimia nervosa (BN ) and 5-10% of anorexia nervosa (AN). In literature there are not numerous studies on the male Binge Eating Disorder, as generally the observed samples are female or mixed, therefore, the pathological description reported in this chapter will not make distinctions between the two sexes
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Muscularity research and muscular dysmorphism

In collaboration with Dr. Eleonora Roncarati The struggle between food and body, between nature and culture, unites several disorders; those most studied are Food Behavior Disorders (DCA), such as anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder, but recently another psychopathology is spreading which mainly affects the male sex and has several elements in common with the disorders mentioned above: it is muscle dysmorphism or bigorexia or inverse anorexia
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Auto-induced Vomiting

What is that Self-induced vomiting is a voluntary practice of triggering the gastric expulsion mechanism. Vomiting Mechanism From a physio-pathological point of view, vomiting is a mechanism activated by the stimulation of a particular nerve center by the digestive system or even by the balance system
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Anorexia and Antipsychotics

Are antipsychotic drugs effective for treating anorexia nervosa (AN)? This is the question that pushed two researchers to carry out an experimental study published in 2012 and entitled: " Are antipsychotics effective for the treatment of anorexia nervosa? Results from a systematic review and meta-analysis ”.
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Anxiety in Anorexia and Bulimia Nervose

Food Behavior Disorders (DCA) are psychiatric disorders that significantly compromise the health status of carriers. In particular, in the anorexia nervosa the tendency to malnutrition (more or less serious, depending on the case) is manifested due to inappropriate food behaviors. This behavior, from the etiological point of view, is fed by a real negative distortion towards one's own body image
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Anorexia and Suicide

Anorexia nervosa is a psychiatric illness that mainly affects the female sex of Western culture. Anorexia is a disorder fueled by a distortion of one's body image, that is a different and negative perception (excessively fat) than the collective one. For this reason, the anorexia sufferer tries to lose weight in the hope (vain) that this can help reduce the discomfort that afflicts him; obviously, the attempt is completely useless as (usually) the perception degenerates progressively, based on the psychological state, therefore it shows no signs of improving despite the actual physical chan
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Anorexia as a cause of death

Contrary to common opinion, eating disorders (DCA) can also lead to the death of affected individuals due to their relative complications. Some studies in the literature indicate that anorexia nervosa has the highest mortality rate of any other psychiatric disorder in young women; however, other sources contest its veracity and report a standardized mortality ratio (Standardized Mortality Ratio - SMR) lower than normal (0
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Anorexia and Bone Health

Anorexia nervosa is a serious psychiatric illness characterized by: inability to maintain a minimum physiological weight, fear of gaining weight and a recurring concern about one's physical form and weight. In anorexia, fear is not a simple fear, but rather a real terror that drives those affected to fast and / or perform extreme acts of purgation or compensation after meals (generally in secret)
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Food disorders

Definition and Origins Eating disorders affect many adolescents, especially women. Although more rare there are cases of food obsessions even among males and in menopausal women. The age of onset, unfortunately, is becoming increasingly precocious while the sensitivity to the problem, fortunately, is increasing
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