Eating disorders

Eating disorders are characterized by aberrant patterns of eating behavior, including such symptoms as extreme restriction of food intake or binge eating, and severe disturbances in the perception of body shape and weight, as well as a drive for thinness and obsessive fears of becoming fat. Eating d...

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Published inBrain and nerve = Shinkei kenkyū no shinpo Vol. 67; no. 2; p. 183
Main Authors Miyake, Yoshie, Okamoto, Yuri, Jinnin, Ran, Shishida, Kazuhiro, Okamoto, Yasumasa
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Japan 01.02.2015
Subjects
Body Image
Bulimia - diagnosis
Bulimia - etiology
Bulimia - therapy
Cognition - physiology
Feeding and Eating Disorders - diagnosis
Feeding and Eating Disorders - etiology
Feeding and Eating Disorders - physiopathology
Feeding and Eating Disorders - therapy
Feeding Behavior - physiology
Humans
Mental Disorders - complications
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Summary:Eating disorders are characterized by aberrant patterns of eating behavior, including such symptoms as extreme restriction of food intake or binge eating, and severe disturbances in the perception of body shape and weight, as well as a drive for thinness and obsessive fears of becoming fat. Eating disorder is an important cause for physical and psychosocial morbidity in young women. Patients with eating disorders have a deficit in the cognitive process and functional abnormalities in the brain system. Recently, brain-imaging techniques have been used to identify specific brain areas that function abnormally in patients with eating disorders. We have discussed the clinical and cognitive aspects of eating disorders and summarized neuroimaging studies of eating disorders.
ISSN:1881-6096