People don't want to eat, or they eat alot then make themselves throw it up. It can affect your family, friends, co-workers. Not contagious! Like mentally, or physically. Very hard to live with. It can mess up your whole life. yer anorexic people have no life!!!!!!!
Anorexia usually affects 1 in every 250 people. (Girls : Boys, 9 : 1)
anorexia most commonly affects teenage/young girls and women who are quiet, shy, well behaved and high acheivers at school. but lots of people can get anorexia...men, women, different ages.
Roughly 1 in every 200 people suffer from an eating disroder. Of that, 1 in every 250 is anorexic. Bulimia claims a much higher percentage of people. (Anorexia affects about 1%, while bulimia affects about 5%)
Millions of girls world-wide suffer from anorexia. It is most prevalent in western nations, such as westenr Europe and the United States. In those areas, anorexia affects roughly 1 in every 250 people.
About 1 in every 250 people suffer from anorexia or anorexia-like disorders.
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.
Some statistics are... * Anorexia affects an estimated 1 in every 250 people. * 9 out of every 10 anorexics are female, 1 out of every 10 are male. * 30%-40% of anorexics will die as a result of the disease or a complication caused by the disorder.
About 1 in every 250 people who suffers from an eating disorder suffers from anorexia.
Anorexia affects people of all races and hair colors and any other superficial factors like those equally.
People who suffer from anorexia are called anorexics.
The age at which the most people have anorexia is between 12 and 25.
Anorexia has never been "glamourous".