What is anorexia nervosa?
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It is difficult to estimate how common it is but surveys suggest that up to 1 per cent of schoolgirls and female university students have anorexia nervosa. This may be an underestimate.
-It is self-induced weight loss caused by avoiding fattening foods and may involve taking excessive exercise, using laxatives or diuretics or self-induced vomiting.
-There is a strong, almost overwhelming fear of putting on weight, with sufferers preoccupied with the shape or size of their bodies.
-Rules are invented regarding how much food is allowed and how much exercise is needed after eating certain amounts of food.
-Those suffering from anorexia pursue a very low 'ideal' weight.
-The weight loss may cause hormonal disturbances and women with anorexia nervosa may stop having periods.
There may also be peer pressure to lose weight, nasty comments from others about weight that trigger dieting or an unrealistic expectation of what a normal body weight should be.
What is anorexia nervosa?
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder affecting mainly girls or women, although boys or men can also suffer from it. It usually starts in the teenage years.It is difficult to estimate how common it is but surveys suggest that up to 1 per cent of schoolgirls and female university students have anorexia nervosa. This may be an underestimate.
How is the disease characterised?
-Body weight is maintained at least 15 per cent below that expected for a person's height.-It is self-induced weight loss caused by avoiding fattening foods and may involve taking excessive exercise, using laxatives or diuretics or self-induced vomiting.
-There is a strong, almost overwhelming fear of putting on weight, with sufferers preoccupied with the shape or size of their bodies.
-Rules are invented regarding how much food is allowed and how much exercise is needed after eating certain amounts of food.
-Those suffering from anorexia pursue a very low 'ideal' weight.
-The weight loss may cause hormonal disturbances and women with anorexia nervosa may stop having periods.
Why do some people get anorexia?
The cause of anorexia nervosa is unknown, although it is likely that both inherent biological factors and factors in the patient's social environment play a part. The disease is mainly encountered in the western world and is more common among women in certain professions, such as models and ballet dancers. Puberty, deaths in the family and other life stresses are all believed to be potential triggers of anorexia.There may also be peer pressure to lose weight, nasty comments from others about weight that trigger dieting or an unrealistic expectation of what a normal body weight should be.
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I would hate to have a eating disorder
anorexia
This is very good and informative post about the anorexia.Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by extremely low body weight, distorted body image and an obsessive fear of gaining weight. The term anorexia nervosa was established in 1873 by Sir William Gull, one of Queen Victoria's personal physicians.[2] The term is of Greek origin: a , thus meaning a lack of desire to eat.____________________
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I just found your website
I just found your website and I must say I am shocked of what I saw in only then minutes of navigation. I wonder what do anorexic people think about this kind of websites, I wonder if they realize they have a problem when they see other anorexic people or they simply admire them. I'd say the cause of anorexia starts from the brain thus the cure should also start from the brain. Do you have any statistics with anorexic people, it would help us all understand how sever the problem really is. Also I wonder how many anorexic people cope get eating disorder treatment from their own initiative... my guess is not many.