Anorexia Nervosa

In Western nations, women are viewed as more attractive or beautiful if they are thinner. There is also a strong correlation between media, successful women, fashion, and the need to be thin to succeed.

YES. You will gain back the weight. During the time that you were being bulimic or anorexic, your body went into starvation mode and used stored energy (fat). When you start eating again, your body will store all the food you eat because it thinks you will be going back to starve yourself, thus, you can easily gain back all the weight you lost plus more gradually. All the food you store will be stored energy, FAT and muscle tissue.

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With symptoms like that, a person may be suffering from a binge-eating disorder, a compulsive-over-eating disorder, or an emotional eating disorder.

Anorexics are almost always known to restrict food intake. This means low calories, low fats, and low nutrients. When the amount of food daily is being reduced even slightly, certain nutrients are no longer there due to the lack of food. Commonly, anorexics have calcium and protein deficiencies, as dairy and meat products can often be high in calorie and fats.

There are actually little to no data or statistical information on the particular subject. It is believed that there is almost never a case of anorexia in a third-world country. The reason for this is because those countries are usually very poor and resources like food and water can be scarce and hard to come by. As a result, people are starving. When food is given to them, they must eat in order to survive. They are not choosing to starve, as anorexics are.

The best thing to do would be to get help. Talk to someone. A doctor can help and tell you the best way to stop the disroder before it gets any worse.

"There is no such disorder."

That person is way off, i know this is a real disorder because i suffer with it as well. The only to to sufficiently heal yourself of this is to see a therapist who specializes in sexual concerns or to see a couples therapist with your boyfriend/spouse. I understand the fear you feel towards sex, i know it's hard, but you aren't at a loss.

it narrows down the fat in your body making it lose weight.

The symbol for eating disorders in general is a periwinkle ribbon. There is no symbol for anorexia that is agreed on.

The best way to treat anorexia is through professional help. This often involves doctors or trained medical professionals to get the health and weight back to a normal, sfae level and then mental therapy and psychatrists to help, too.

They are different definitions of 'thin'. An anorexic person is thin in an extremely unhealthy way; they lose just as much muscle as fat. A normal 'thin' person just has very little body fat, but the usual amount of other tissue. This makes them far healthier.

Anorexics don't completely starve themselves because they'd die.

They consume enough calories to survive (usually 300-400 daily, maybe less, like an apple and diet Coke for example) but not enough to gain weight, so they lose it instead. Starving does work but is a terrible idea.

Most people who have white or lighter skin tones tend to be from countries or cultures where people are pressured to be thin. While any one of any race, skin tone, enthic background, culture, ect. can develop anorexia and any other eating disorder, it does seem to be more common (70% to 80% of all cases) in western nations, which tend to be more caucasian.

Not usually, no.

well it can shorten it for 26-33 yrs depending on how serious the cas so dont do it visit some sites on tips for great smoothies and fruit recipies !

No.

You should not just "feed" or "force feed" a person who suffers from anorexia. They will most likely retaliate or you will only make their condition worse. Instead, it is better to have them be treatmed by medical professionals in an inpatient or outpatinet center, so that the patient may also receive proper mental / therapy care.

Anorexics tned to use whatever laxative they wish. Usually, it is anything that is readiy available to them and not too expensive. Anorexics also use less laxatives than other eating disorders (like bulimia) do, too.

There has been genetic research over the last 5-10 years that points to there being a strong genetic component to eating disorders. Some would estimate 40-70% of the variance is attributable to genetics. There is some support for similar genes at work in obsessive compulsive disorder and some eating disorders.

Other current thought adds to this base and states that there are a few "trigger events" that a person may experience that could potentially "set off" the genetic predisposition. These events may include pressure to diet for the purpose of achieving a specific figure or pressure to exercise (for similar reasons). Of course there are other reasons why eating disorders may occur as well including various family dynamics/ pressures, history of sexual abuse can contribute, and many other things that could increase stress.

If you suffer from an eating disorder, you should certainly seek help from a qualified professional. Genetic or environmental basis - many who have suffered from eating disorders state they are now fully recovered.

When my son was younger he would become so annoyed at the sound of someone eating that he could completely ruin a family dinner for everyone. At age 15 he is not quite as sensitive unless he is extremely tired, and if that is the case ANYTHING could set him off. He also can't sleep well if it is raining, can hear a motor running etc. Any constant noise is irritating to him. WHY? Here is my belief: As an adult I was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder as well as Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Though not officially diagnosed I know my son well enough to know he has it too. We both can be insensitive ~ hardly aware of specific details around us, or overly sensitive ~ where we notice every little thing and can't sort important stimuli from the unimportant...everything gets the same amount of attention. If this concern is about a young person I would offer hope that they will grow somewhat out of it as they age, as my son did. If the person is an adult my educated guess is that obsessive compulsive may be at work. There are some great sites online for more info. Just search using OCD or ADD & see what you think!

Anorexia nervosa is a disorder in which a person starves in order to stay thin. Bulimia nervosa is where the person throws up after eating a lot of food to stay thin.

Anorexia does not always affect women. About 10% of anorexics are male. Anorexia - and most other eating disorders - are more common in women for a few reasons. Women naturally are more social, and thus focus on social pressures more then men. When social pressures demand thin-ness, women are more likely to develop eating disorders. A woman also experiences more changes in her body (pregnancy, for example) that can fuel body dislike and eating disorders. Women also tend to be more critical of each other than men are to each other. This harshness or bullying can lead to low self esteem and eating disorders, too.

Anorexics are just as likely to get ascites as any normal person would.

WHAT??!! Dont do that its VERY BAD!!!!!!!!!!! just eat food man

I believe it is entirely possible to recover from an eating disorder, I suffered with various eating disorders for almost a decade and am now complete cured - I have total freedom from food and weight obsession, I am an intuitive eater and my weight does not fluctuate at all.

Trust in yourself and the power of recovery.