1. What are the symptoms and main features of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa? pp. 280–286

2. How are people with anorexia nervosa similar to those with bulimia nervosa? How are they different? p. 286

3. What are the symptoms and main features of binge-eating disorder? How is this disorder different from bulimia nervosa? p. 288

4. According to Hilde Bruch, how might parents’ failure to attend appropriately to their baby’s internal needs and emotions contribute to the later development of an eating disorder? pp. 289–290

5. How might a person’s hypothalamus and weight set point contribute to the development of an eating disorder? pp. 291–292

6. What evidence suggests that sociocultural pressures and factors may set the stage for eating disorders? pp. 292–298

7. When clinicians treat people with anorexia nervosa, what are their short-term and long-term goals? What approaches do they use to accomplish them? pp. 298–301

8. How well do people with anorexia nervosa recover from their disorder? What factors affect a person’s recovery? What risks and problems may linger after recovery? pp. 301–302

9. What are the key goals and approaches used in the treatment of bulimia nervosa, and how successful are they? What factors affect a person’s recovery? What risks and problems may linger after recovery? pp. 302–305

10. How are treatments for binge-eating disorder similar to and different from treatments for bulimia nervosa? p. 305