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How often is anorexia?
Anorexia is estimated to affect 1 in every 250 people.
Are certain types of people more likely to be effected by anorexia?
Perfectionists are more likely to be affected by anorexia than are other types of people.
Who are people with anorexia?
A person with an eating disorder is usually referred to by their disorder. For example, a person with anorexia is called an anorexic. A person with bulimia is called a bulimic. A person who suffers from binge-eating or compulsive-over-eating disorder are called binge or emotional eaters.
What eating disorders affect people between ages of 13-17?
Anorexia and Bulimia mainly.
How does anorexic people affect society?
Besides the physical and mental problems than anorexia can cause, it can also affect a person's social abilities and functions. Anorexics can be.... *Depressed *Isolated *Experience mood swings *Alienated (by others, or alienate themselves) *OCD
Can fumes affect certain people?
Certain fumes can affect all people. Ammonia fumes, for example, will affect everyone.
Where is anorexia mostly founded?
Anorexia was first diagnosed and published as a disease in the 1800's. Anorexia is mostly found in female teenagers, that do very well in school, and in life, in fact Anorexia affects a lot of people that you would never guess have a problem. Female teenagers aren't the only victims of Anorexia though, Anorexia can affect anyone, Male or Female, teens to adults.
Does duchenne muscular dystrophy affect certain groups of people more than others?
It effects only males. Women are carriers
How does anorexia affect males?
Although males comprise only about 1/10 of all people with anorexia, when they do have anorexia they are affected as severely as are women with the same illness. Males are affected by anorexia in the same way as women are: for example, they can have organ failure, extreme emaciation, and even death. However, males with anorexia may not be taken as seriously as women because anorexia is often viewed as a women's disease.
How many people in Australia suffer from anorexia?
About 1 in every 250 people who suffers from an eating disorder suffers from anorexia.
Do you have to be anorexic to have anorexia?
People who suffer from anorexia are called anorexics.
At what age do the most people have anorexia?
The age at which the most people have anorexia is between 12 and 25.
