Eating with peers markedly distorted the amount of food eaten for lunch; only two girls and one boy maintained their food intake at the level observed when the children ate individually without external influences (258 (38) g in girls and 289 (73) g in boys).
Anorexics become almostuniformly depressed, withdrawn, enraged, anxious, irritable or suicidal,and their thinking about food and eating is distorted, in part because thebrain runs on glucose, and when it has been deprived over a long period oftime, when it's starved, it goes haywire.
Our body looks to the sun for when to go to bed, when to eat, but we've distorted that.
As well as distorted body image, the symptoms of muscle dysmorphia include working out obsessively, prioritising exercise over family and friends, disordered eating, compulsive checking of one's physique in the mirror and steroid use.
Distorted body image is associated with increased risk of a caffeine abuse disorder and tobacco use has been associated with greater levels of eating disorder pathology [ 8, 13, 16].
Make sure he doesn't eat too much salt," a Greek nurse says to her, as the Syrian is transferred to an ambulance, his face distorted with pain.
Califano explains the data is adjusted for adolescents with eating disorders, poor academic performance, suicide attempts, drunken driving, violent actions and promiscuous sexual behavior because not doing so would distort the results.
Besides distorted perception, body dissatisfaction is strongly associated with increasing BMI and can lead to inappropriate weight control practices like binge eating and anorexia [ 36].
Everything seemed distorted.
It distorted our economy.
