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kamilo84

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Eating disorders
 
  a. most commonly affect women in their 30s when they start to gain weight after having children.
  b. are more prevalent in females because of biological factors.
  c. develop in about 2 -3 of young women for bulimia and 1 for anorexia.
  d. about equal amounts of men and women develop an eating disorder now that we diagnose it more accurately.

Question 2

Which of the following is true of the history of eating disorders?
 
  a. Anorexia was a common affliction prior to the middle of the 20th century.
  b. Eating disorders only appear in Western cultures.
  c. Binging and purging in historical cultures were part of a pathological effort to control weight.
  d. Descriptions of anorexia nervosa date back centuries.



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

D



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