disorders‚ anorexia nervosa is the most common type. It is a disorder in which the person has a distorted body image and an intense fear of being fat. Binging‚ or eating large quantities of food in a short period of time‚ and then purging‚ or vomiting to empty the stomach of food‚ are all actions commonly found in anorexics. An anorexic is extremely afraid of becoming fat and might believe she/he is fat even when he/she is very thin. While there is no single known cause of anorexia‚ several
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Anorexia nervosa From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For other uses‚ see Anorexia nervosa (disambiguation) and Anorexia (disambiguation). "Anorexic" redirects here. For the use of the term as an appetite suppressant‚ see Anorectic. [hide]This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. This article needs more medical references for verification or relies too heavily on primary sources. (December 2013) This article possibly contains original
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Anorexia and Bulimia In the United States over thirty million people suffer from eating disorders. Many people think that anorexia and bulimia are the same thing‚ but‚ although the two are similar‚ they are also very different. Anorexia Nervosa is categorized by severely low body weight and extreme fear of gaining weight‚ as opposed to Bulimia Nervosa which is categorized by binge eating and then offsetting the extra calories in an unhealthy way. Signs‚ symptoms‚ causes‚ and treatments often overlap
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Larissa Tolley was just 12 years old when she developed anorexia nervosa. She had just moved with her family to a small‚ unfamiliar town. She felt as if she had been put on a pedestal by the kids her age; she was under a spotlight and they were watching and waiting for her to fail. Larissa felt under pressure to seem perfect in front of the girls and boys‚ and this led her to begin restricting the calories she was eating each day. It was a gradual process‚ but when Larissa limited her food intake
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Anorexia Nervosa As a Life-Threatening Disorder Anorexia Nervosa is a disease that should not be handled lightly. While in our nation‚ it is not as publicized as other diseases such as cancer or heart disease‚ it does take lives everyday due to people having a distorted self-image. Many people in the medicinal field have come to various conclusions about the cause of anorexia and it’s effects on a person physiologically and psychologically. Some argue that it is strictly a socio-cultural influence
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Mr. Kennedy Annotated Bibliography I have never experienced Anorexia Nervosa myself but I can say I have seen some of my very good friend suffer from this very dangerous disease that a lot of people in this world struggle with. “Nine out of 10 people with anorexia are and one in every 100 U.S women is anorexic” http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/eating-disorders/anorexia-nervosa/understanding-anorexia-basics Some wonder how people turn their minds into something so dangerous and
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describes “adolescent girls and adult women with anorexia nervosa have low areal bone mineral density compared to normal-weight controls”. This article also “examine whether reductions in areal bone mineral density predict fracture risk in females and anorexia nervosa”. 2. What‚ if any‚ were the hypotheses or research questions? -In the article they “assessed fracture history and areal bone mineral density in a large group of adolescent females with anorexia nervosa and normal weight control”. -They “hypothesized
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psychiatric unit. J.M.‚ a 23-year-old woman‚ was admitted to the psychiatric unit last night after assessment and treatment at a local hospital emergency department (ED) for “blacking out at school.” She has been given a preliminary diagnosis of anorexia nervosa. As you begin to assess her‚ you notice that she has very loose clothing‚ she is wrapped in a blanket‚ and her extremities are very thin. She tells you‚ “I don’t know why I’m here. They’re making a big deal about nothing.” She appears to
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In today’s society many people are affected by eating disorders and their deadly side effects. Two of the most common eating disorders‚ anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa‚ are often confused for one another because they each share many of the same qualities; however‚ each disorder has its own distinct behaviors that make it quite different from the other. Because each disorder is serious and can be deadly‚ it is important for people to understand each one individually in order to be able to distinguish
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