Anorexia nervosa, often referred to simply as anorexia,is an eating disorder characterized by a low weight, fear of gaining weight, a strong desire to be thin, and food restriction.
Many people with anorexia see themselves as fat when actually they are way too skinny.
Anorexia is a huge disorder and occurs more frequently in women than un men and this is simply because in most cases women seem to care more
about their weight. It has been said by scientists that it occurs approximately ten times less in men than in females.
Treatment of anorexia involves getting back a healthy weight,anorexia can arise due to underlying psychological problems such as abuse or the thought of not being attractive or wanted enough, and addressing behaviors that promote the problem.there has not been any medicine that truly enables anorexic patients to restore to a healthy weight however medication can be used to treat other problems the patient may have such as anxiety or depression or any other type of psychological fear or pain. The only way to gain weight is to eat more therefore a common type of therapy is force feeding and when parents or gardians assume the responsibility for feeding their child.
The Body Mass Index (BMI) is a person's weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters and is used too measure
"The severity of disease is based on body mass index (BMI) in adults with mild disease having a BMI of greater than 17, moderate a BMI of 16 to 17, severe a BMI of 15 to 16, and extreme a BMI less than 15."
Symptoms may include:
-Refusal to maintain a normal body mass index for one's age
-Fear of even the slightest weight gain; taking all precautionary measures to avoid weight gain or becoming overweight
-Obvious, rapid, dramatic weight loss to at least 15% under normal body weight
-Obsession with calories and fat content of food
-Preoccupation with food, recipes, or cooking; may cook elaborate dinners for others, but not eat the food themselves
-Food restriction despite being underweight
-Food rituals, such as cutting food into tiny pieces, refusing to eat around others, hiding or discarding food
-May use laxatives, diet pills, ipecac syrup, or water pills; may engage in self-induced vomiting; may run to the bathroom after eating in order to vomit and quickly get rid of ingested calories
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