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Title: What is Normal Eating? Eating Disorders: Distribution, Progress, and Problems
Authors: Mohamed, Zeina
Advisors: Cooper, Joel
Department: Psychology
Class Year: 2021
Abstract: Eating disorders (ED) have been associated with some of the highest levels of medical and social disability of any psychiatric disorder (Klump et al., 2009). Nearly half of all individuals with Eating disorders suffer from mental health comorbidities at some point during their lives, including anxiety, major depressive or other mood disorders, and behavioral disorders (Swanson et al., 2011). Eating disorders and food disturbances are so prevalent that they comprise the third most common chronic illness, after obesity and asthma(Fisher et al., 1995). The research on eating disorders remain limited; therefore, the objective of this paper is to provide a review of the most recent advances in the understanding of the development, presentation, distribution, progress, and problems precisely related to eating disorders. This paper focused on examining current literature on the three different types of eating disorders (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder), the degree/severity of shame and guilt emotions as concepts in regard to eating disorders (emotion regulation), and the impact of patient’s racial/ethnic background (black, Asian, white and Latin) on the detection and treatment of eating disorders; interrelation of treatment/ethnicity/etiology. After taking an in-depth look at the literature, I suggest that further studies should address and highlight the similarities and differences among individuals as means to inform assessment, prevention, and especially treatment efforts (Rodgers et al., 2018). They should also examine common factors and different types of stressors that lead to overeating in order to better understand the interrelation of irregular eating habits, obesity, stress, and the development of eating disorders. These suggested studies may help in providing crucial data and may have important therapeutic and theoretical implications on eating disorders.
URI: http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01f1881q01p
Type of Material: Princeton University Senior Theses
Language: en
Appears in Collections:Psychology, 1930-2023

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