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a cross-sectional view of anorexia nervosa,
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then a cross-sectional view of bulimia,
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and then talk a little bit about etiology,
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where it comes from and then talk a little bit about treatment
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and finally talk a little bit about binge eating disorder.
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Anorexia nervosa. One of the remarkable things about
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anorexia nervosa--you still hear me?--
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is it's been around a long time.
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We tend to think of it and understandably in terms of
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the current cultural emphasis on being thin and fit,
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especially for women in our society;
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but there's lots of reasons to think its been around