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signals to stop eating
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high levels of glucose in blood, high levels of the hormone leptin, distension of stomch, external food cues.
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the externality hypothesis
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obese people are comparitively unresponsive to their own internal hunger state but are much more susceptible to signals from without.
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external hypothesis:
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people's assessment of how hungry theey are depends on time since last meal, but not in obese people.
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dieting to lose weight can cause:
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a decline in basal metabolism (rate at which energy is burned up)
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primary ways to lose weight
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excersice, eat low fat
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average american in the last 40 years:
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gained 1 inch in height
gained 23 pounds |
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anorexia:
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below 15% ideal body weight
(not whether you binge and purge, because that's 50/50) |
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fatality rate of anorexia
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15-20%: highest of all psychiatric disorders
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binge eating men:
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50%
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binge eating disorder:
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50% of obese binge eaters are depressed
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