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The irrational fear of gaining weight as well as the desire to maintain a severely underweight body are symptoms of anorexia nervosa .

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That would be an eating disorder, most likely anorexia nervosa.

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Anorexia Nervosa is characterized by an irrational fear of becoming overweight and engaging in extreme dieting even starvation to lose weight

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