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Anorexia nervosa

Definition

Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by self-starvation, unrealistic fear of weight gain, and conspicuous distortion of body image.

Description

The term anorexia nervosa comes from two Latin words that mean "nervous inability to eat." Anorexics have the following characteristics in common:

  • inability to maintain weight at or above what is normally expected for age or height

  • intense fear of becoming fat
  • distorted body image
  • in females who have begun to menstruate, the absence of at least three menstrual periods in a row, a condition called amenorrhea

There are two subtypes of anorexia nervosa: a restricting type, characterized by ...

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