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Children’s internal cues should be the primary determinant of child
feeding decisions regarding when to begin and finish eating.
True  
False  

 
Food acceptance patterns are shaped by eating experiences that begin
before birth.
TRUE  
FALSE  

 
Bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa and binge eating disorder are quite
rare among prepubescent children.
True  
False  

 
Among adolescent and adult females, body image problems are associated
with the use of weight control techniques, including dieting and
compulsive exercising, which may have short and long-term effects,
including increasing the risk for the late development of eating
disorders and obesity.
True  
False  

 
Children as young as six years old express body dissatisfaction and
weight concerns.
True  
False  

 
Following puberty, there may be a plateau or even an increase in body
esteem for boys but a continued decrease in body esteem for girls.
True  
False  

 
Weight concerns vary by gender and ethnic group.
True  
False  

 
By age six, children are aware of the societal bias against fat people.
True  
False  

 
Children do not learn any elements of body image from their parents.
True  
False  

 
Others’ comments about weight and shape, including teasing, are not
correlated with body esteem in young children and adolescents.
True  
False  

 
More information is needed on the rates of eating problems in various
ethnic groups, with age, social class, and gender taken into account.
True  
False  

 
Body image is the internal, subjective representation of physical
appearance and bodily experience.
True  
False  

 
There is considerable controversy within literature about whether child
abuse is really a risk factor of eating disorders.
True  
False  

 
Risk factors for eating disorders do not include dieting.
True  
False  

 
Protective factors for eating disorders include self acceptance and
family acceptance.
True  
False  

 
Studies suggest that patients with eating disorders, in contrast to
other psychiatric patients, are more likely to have experienced (before
onset) greater parental pressure, high expectations, or abuse and
familial criticism about their weight, shape or eating habits.
True  
False  

 
In a U.S. longitudinal 4 year study conducted by Stice, Killen/ 1998, of
543 girls in grade 9, common predictors of eating disturbances included
dietary restraint and negative affectivity.
True  
False  

 
The actual experience of success in a particular domain or area of
interest is not related to the development of eating disorders.
True  
False  

 
Life-skills training enables girls to develop individualized skills in
problem solving and communication that can not only change high-risk
behaviors but build skills that can help prevent these high-risk
behaviors from developing.
True  
False  

 
Eating disorders in girls are not associated with other problems of
adolescence, such as depression, anxiety, and substance abuse.
True  
False  

 
Regarding treatment, it is important to understand the issues that are
unique to the patient’s family functioning.
True  
False  

 
Regarding treatment, it is not of great importance to acknowledge the
diversity that different family members have, regarding the assessment
of the patient’s eating disorder.
True  
False  

 
In adolescent girls with binge eating disorder (purging type), parental
overprotection and inappropriate parental pressures were significantly
related to maladaptive eating patterns.
True  
False  

 
Most research in the area of body image disturbance has overlooked the
roles of fathers in the development of eating problems and body image
concerns.
True  
False  

 
Eating disorders carry high morbidity rates and the highest mortality
rates of any category of psychiatric illness.
True  
False  

 
Optimal treatment involves a multidisciplinary approach that
incorporates medical management as an integral part of the overall care
of eating-disordered and obese patients.
True  
False  

 
Approximately one half of patients with anorexia nervosa are able to be
treated as outpatients.
True  
False  

 
Studies have linked Body Image Disturbance to low self-esteem,
neuroticism and depression.
True  
False  

 
Pervasive Refusal Syndrome is characterized only by a refusal to eat and
drink but not to walk, talk or to engage in self-care.
True  
False  

 
There is a strong relationship between cosmetic and reconstructive
surgeries and body image issues, though not body image pathology.
True  
False  

 
The transition from late childhood to early adolescence is a period of
high risk, especially for girls, for the development of body
dissatisfaction and dysfunctional weight management practices that may
intensify disordered eating.
True  
False  

 
Obesity has become one of the most important public health problems in
the United States and around the world.
True  
False  

 
Regarding treatment, between behavioral therapy, cognitive-behavioral
therapy and interpersonal therapy, behavioral therapy has been shown to
be the most effective treatment.
True  
False  

 
Clinical experience suggests that active parent participation is an
important component of children’s long-term weight control.
True  
False  

 
In 1998, 24,623 persons under the age of 18 underwent cosmetic
procedures. This represents an 80% increase from 1996 and a 138%
increase since 1994.
True  
False  

 
There has been a great deal of research on the psychological issues of
adults who seek cosmetic surgery. There has been scarcely any research
on the psychological characteristics of adolescents who seek cosmetic
surgery, nor has there been any research documenting the psychological
changes that occur postoperatively.
True  
False