What is anorexia nervrosa?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

An eating disorder that causes people to obsess about their weight & the food they eat.