Basic Knowledge
This mental illness is often misunderstood as only being about weight, but is actually more about a person’s relationship with food.
What is an eating disorder?
Research shows heredability can increase the risk of developing an eating disorder by this percentage range.
What is 40–80%?
ARFID stands for this full disorder name.
What is Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder?
Constant concern with calories, weight, dieting, and appearance is an example of these types of symptoms.
What are emotional/behavioural symptoms?
Sasha works in this field as a research assistant.
What is pharmaceutical development?
These behaviours include dieting, skipping meals, fasting, and excessive exercise, but are not diagnosable under the DSM-5 TR.
What is disordered eating?
This personality trait is described as the relentless pursuit of flawlessness and may lead to extreme dieting.
What is perfectionism?
This eating disorder involves distorted body image, fear of weight gain, and restrictive behaviours.
What is Anorexia Nervosa?
Using a specific utensil, rearranging food, or eating foods in a certain order are examples of these.
What are food rituals?
This activity from Sasha’s childhood exposed her to toxic body standards.
What is dance?
Eating disorders are characterized by extreme distress surrounding these two things.
What are food and eating?
Adolescents who spend more than 3 hours daily on these platforms are twice as likely to engage in disordered eating behaviours.
What is social media?
This umbrella diagnosis includes disorders that don’t fully fit other DSM-5 TR categories.
What is OSFED?
This symptom involves avoiding social situations involving food.
What is social withdrawal/isolation?
Sasha was diagnosed with this specific OSFED-related disorder.
What is orthorexia?
Unlike disordered eating, eating disorders are recognized as this type of condition.
What is a mental illness?
This harmful societal message contributes to body dissatisfaction.
What is “thinner is better”?
This eating disorder is characterized by consuming excessive amounts of food in a short period while feeling out of control.
What is Binge Eating Disorder?
Unlike many eating disorders, ARFID is NOT related to this.
What is body image or fear of weight gain?
Because Sasha is not this, people often overlook her struggles.
What is underweight?
This manual is used to diagnose mental illnesses.
What is the DSM-5 TR?
Bullying can increase the likelihood of developing an eating disorder by this amount compared to the average population.
What is 3 times more likely?
This OSFED-related condition involves an unhealthy obsession with “clean eating.”
What is Orthorexia?
This fine hair that grows on the skin can appear as a physical symptom of eating disorders.
What is lanugo?
Sasha’s disorder led to this social consequence because she avoids food-related situations.
What is isolation?