Sleep And Eating Disorders! Trivia Questions Quiz

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Do you want to enhance your knowledge about sleep and eating disorders? This quiz can be of assistance. For this quiz, you will be responsible for knowing the most commonly diagnosed eating disorder, what anorexia is, what bulimia is, what it is called when someone eats non-food items, what REM sleep is, and how cataplexy can be treated. This quiz will provide adequate information on sleep and eating disorders. You can do it.


Questions and Answers
  • 1. 
    What is the most commonly diagnosed eating disorder?
    • A. 

      Anorexia Nervosa

    • B. 

      Binge eating disorder

    • C. 

      EDNOS

    • D. 

      Bulimia Nervosa

    • E. 

      Obesity

  • 2. 
    This test shows the state of the muscles of an anorexic. If the test is failed this means muscle has weakened so much it must eat itself to stay intact --> straight to the hospital!
    • A. 

      Blood test

    • B. 

      Beep test

    • C. 

      IQ test

    • D. 

      Squat test

    • E. 

      Blood pressure test

  • 3. 
    How much below normal body weight do you need to be for a diagnosis of anorexia?
    • A. 

      15% below normal BMI

    • B. 

      10kg below normal BMI

    • C. 

      25% below normal BMI

    • D. 

      10% below the patient's normal body wight

    • E. 

      10kg below the patient's normal body weight

  • 4. 
    The main difference between anorexia and bulimia nervosa is that
    • A. 

      Those with bulimia are obese whereas those with anorexia are severely underweight.

    • B. 

      Males do not get bulimia but they do get anorexia.

    • C. 

      Bulimia is ego-dystonic but anorexia is ego-syntonic.

    • D. 

      Anorexia involves restricting food intake and excessive exercise, whereas bulimia involves binge eating and 'purging'.

    • E. 

      Those with anorexia are underweight but those with bulimia are not.

  • 5. 
    Pick the one that's NOT a possible medical consequence of bulimia
    • A. 

      Elecrolyte imbalance

    • B. 

      Amenorrhea

    • C. 

      Permanent colon damage

    • D. 

      Kidney failure

    • E. 

      Cardiac Arrhythmia

  • 6. 
    Pica is
    • A. 

      The use of a laxative as an attempt to control weight.

    • B. 

      A night-eating syndrome where a person gains weight due to eating significant portions food at night.

    • C. 

      Restricted airflow, or brief cessations of breathing during sleep.

    • D. 

      An eating disorder that commonly presents in pregnant women and people with developmental disabilities. It involves eating or mouthing non-food items such as clay, coal, feces, etc.

    • E. 

      The sudden loss of muscle control seen as someone enters REM without warning in narcolepsy. It can result in slurred speech, or even sudden collapse when more serious.

  • 7. 
    Which is/are true?
    • A. 

      Sleep terrors occur in REM sleep, Nightmares occur in non-REM sleep.

    • B. 

      Sleep terrors occur in non-REM sleep, nightmares occur in REM sleep.

    • C. 

      Somnambulism (sleep-walking) occurs in non-REM sleep, nocturnal eating occurs in REM sleep.

    • D. 

      Both B and C.

    • E. 

      Both A and C.

  • 8. 
    Cataplexy can be treated with ___________, as these suppress REM sleep.
    • A. 

      Benzodiazepines

    • B. 

      Tricyclics

    • C. 

      Antidepressants

    • D. 

      Stimulants

    • E. 

      Sleeping pills

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