What Is Anorexia Nervosa?
Anorexia nervosa is a type of eating disorder that mainly affects adolescent girls and young women. However 3-5% of cases affect males. A person with this disease has an intense fear of gaining weight and limits the food he/she eats.
Anorexic Signs:
Have a low body weight
Refuse to keep a normal body weight
Are extremely afraid of becoming fat
Believes they are fat even when they are very thin
In females, they will miss three (menstrual) periods in a row (for females who have started having their periods)
What Are Signs Of Anorexia Nervosa?
A Person With Anorexia Will Have Many Of These Signs:
Loses a lot of weight
Talks about weight and food all the time
Moves food around the plate; doesn't eat it
Weighs food and counts calories
Follows a strict diet
Fears gaining weight
Won't eat in front of others
Ignores/denies hunger
Uses extreme measures to lose weight (self-induced vomiting, laxative abuse, diuretic abuse, diet pills, fasting, excessive exercise)
Thinks he/she is fat when their too thin
Gets sick a lot
Weighs self several times a day
Acts moody
Feels depressed
Feels irritable
Doesn't socialize
Wears baggy clothes to hide appearance
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