Title: Eating Disorders & the impact thereof
on black South African females.
Author: ********
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UNISA STUDENT NUMBER: *********
DATE: 16 JUNE 2018
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, TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction ……………………………………………………………… 5
2. Anorexia nervosa
2.1 Diagnostic criteria of anorexia nervosa.………………………… 6
2.2 Subtypes of anorexia nervosa…………………………………… 7
2.3 Hallmark features of anorexia nervosa…………………….…… 7-8
2.4 Physical complications……………………………………………. 8-9
2.5 Prevalence and course…………………………………………… 9
3. Bulimia Nervosa
3.1 Diagnostic criteria of bulimia nervosa……………………………10
3.2 Hallmark features of bulimia nervosa……………………………11-12
3.3 Physical complications…………………………………………… 12
3.4 Prevalence and course……………………………………..……. 13
4. Binge-eating disorder
4.1 Diagnostic criteria of binge-eating disorder……………………. 14
4.2 Hallmark features of binge-eating disorder…………………..... 14-15
4.3 Physical complications………………………………………….…15
4.4 Prevalence and course……………………………………………15
5. Differentiation between anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and
binge-eating disorder…………………………………………………... 16-18
6. Are black South African females no longer ‘immune’ from eating
disorders?
6.1 The emergence of eating disorders in black South African
females ……………………………………………………………18-21
6.2 Sociopolitical changes in a post apartheid South Africa.…….21-22
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, 6.3 Acculturation………………………………………………………. 22-24
6.4 Urbanization and exposure to Western media………………... 24-25
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