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Anorexia is most common between the ages of 12 and 28.
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Is anorexia okay?
No, not at all! Anorexia is very dangerous, and is often deadly.
How often is anorexia?
Anorexia is estimated to affect 1 in every 250 people.
Is anorexia a virus or bacteria?
It's neither. Anorexia is a loss of appetite, often linked to psychological disorders such anorexia nervosa.
How can anorexia affect your blood?
Because of the malnutrition associated with anorexia, individuals often become anemic.
Anorexia hormone effects appropriate for school?
Anorexia is not a hormone, it is a dangerous and often deadly eating disorder.
Anorexia is a cause of weight loss?
No. Anorexia is severe underweight. It has several causes, often psychological, but is not a cause itself.
What diseases begin with the letter A?
Some diseases that begin with the letter A are:acneallergic rhinitisatherosclerosisAlzheimer'sanaplasmosisanemiaarthritisataxiaatopic dermatitisaids aids
How are anorexia and anorexia nervosa different?
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.
What are the symptoms of anorexia in dogs?
Anorexia is not very well studied in animals, as it often does not occur in animals. It is almost solely affecting people.
How do you compare and contrast muscle dsymorphia with anorexia?
Anorexia is a dangerous and often deadly eating disorder in which a person essentially starves themself and excessively exercises in order to burn off even more calories in a desparate attempt to lose extreme amounts of weight. 90% of all cases are in women. Muscle dysmorphia is often seen as a "type" or "faction" of anorexia. It is almost like anorexia for men (10% of all cases). In this, men strive for a lean body (hence where the anorexia comes into play), but also to be very muscular. In a sense, it is often sought afetr to be all muscle and no fat, where as anorexia is no muscle-bulk and no fat, either.
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.
What role do secrecy and anorexia play in the progression of eating disorders?
The better the secret is kept, the longer the eating disorder can go on for. Once people begin to notice or realize that someone is anorexic, they will try to help. This often means intervention and sending the anorexia sufferer to reheab for treatment. Also, anorexics will try to act in secrecy so that they are not found out. This often means lying or trying to trick others into thinking they are eating, when they realy aren't.
