Anorexia nervosa is starving yourself to the point of either death or long term disability. It is probably a psychological illness that effects mainly women (and some men), that is caused when females think they are too fat or when they feel they have no control in their lives and the only thing they can control is their appetite. There may be psychical causes of the illness, such as a problem with glands, but, most think it is a mental illness. It takes a lot of therapy to save a person who is anorexic. Many die, directly from the disease, or indirectly from the medical problems the illness causes. Anorexia was unknown to the general public, until February 4 1983, when world famous Karen Carpenter, singer/drummer of the 1970s group the Carpenters, died from cardiac arrest due to anorexia nervosa.
Anorexia nervosa (commonly reffered to by the shrotened term 'anorexia') is a dangerous and potentailly deadly eating disorder. It is mainly characterizd by the fear to gain weight, and attempts to lose weight through starvation or eating very little and excessive exercise.
Anorexia Nervosa is a very dangerous eating and mental disorder in which a person essentially starves themself (eating very little amounts of food and insufficient amounts of calories and fats) and excessively exercises in order to lose a significant amount of weight.
Anorexia nervosa, or anorexia for short, is an eating disorder. It is characterized by the intense desire to lose weight, and extreme actions - such as strict calorie reduction and excessive exercise - to achieve weight loss often to an unhealthy level.
An eating disorder that causes people to obsess about their weight & the food they eat.
The scientific name for anorexia nervosa is Anorexia nervosa.
No she does not have anorexia.
Anorexia is the correct spelling.
It is just a shorter version of the full name. Anorexia is short for Anorexia Nervosa. Therefore, Anorexia Nervosa is commonly referred to as Anorexia. (As is Bulimia. Bulimia is short for Bulimia Nervosa.)
Anorexia is starvation..
Anorexia is NOT a disease - it is a psychological condition. You cannot 'catch' Anorexia from a sufferer !
There are two major divisions anorexia is diagnosed as 1) anorexia-binge/purge subtype 2) anorexia-restricting type
There is no chain of infection for anorexia, as it is not caused by a pathogen. Anorexia Nervosa is a mental disorder.
It is unknown exactly where anorexia originated.
Caffeine is not a cause of anorexia.
That is a general characteristic of anorexia.
They are the same thing. Anorexia Nervosa is the full medical name, while anorexia is the shortened version used in spoken language.Actually no, they are not the same thing. Anorexia is the clinical term for loss of appetite, while Anorexia Nervosa(AN) is a serious mental disorder. AN is often shortened to simply anorexia, especially in common language, but technically they are different disorders.