Why are eating disorders classified as psychiatric diseases?
A) The fundamental causes involve issues such as body image and control.
B) Eating disorders are caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain.
C) Eating disorders have few physiological effects.
D) Health insurance reimbursement is higher for psychiatric diseases.
Q. 2Disordered eating in athletes is particularly hard to define because an athlete's normal eating pattern may be one of ____.
A) no restraint
B) mild restraint
C) normal restraint
D) extreme restraint
Q. 3Disordered eating ____.
A) is indicated by being underweight
B) is indicated by being a normal weight
C) is indicated by being overweight
D) cannot be predicted by body weight
Q. 4One sign of disordered eating is _____.
A) the tendency of eating when hungry and stopping when full
B) the inability to eat when hungry and stop when full
C) including small amounts of junk food in diet
D) occasional overeating
Q. 5Because some athletes must follow fairly strict eating guidelines to support their training, recovery, and performance goals, it is ____.
A) particularly hard to define normal eating in athletes
B) easy for them to follow the well-defined guidelines for normal eating
C) nearly impossible to achieve
D) suggested they follow a restrictive diet plan
Q. 6How do the terms eating disorder and disordered eating compare?
A) These are interchangeable terms.
B) Disordered eating is a precise term while eating disorder is a general term.
C) An eating disorder has specified criteria but disordered eating is not well defined.
D) Disordered eating has specified criteria but an eating disorder does not.
Q. 7Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa share many clinical features, although ____ is a major difference between these two conditions.
A) body image
B) psychological pathology
C) body weight
D) emphasis on diet