Anorexia Nervosa

it depends on your metabolism, just remember when you start to eat again you will gain twice the weight back you lost, so diet the right way eat healthy and exercise!!

I suppose you mean the literal meaning of anorexia? Today's culture defines anorexia as a disease in which someone deliberately starves themselves. The actual meaning of anorexia though is "without appetite." When attempting to form a diagnosis, a doctor might describe a patient as suffering from anorexia but that only means that they have no appetite. They aren't trying to deliberately starve to achieve a thinner body.

Not in and of itself, but not wanting to eat can often be a sign of an eating disorder or a much more serious health problem.

There is no exact number. Anorexia has been on a slow but steady rise since the 1950s, there is no doubt about it. Since the 2000s, there has been a strikingly sharp increase, though. Within the past 3 to 5 years, the percentage has nearly doubled.

Anorexia seems to appear in dancing the most, because anorexia is a disease that is pretty much based around low self esteem, feeling you are not good enough or thin enough, and dancing is a sport that does involve a lot of how you look, and people who dance tend to focus quite a bit on their figure. It happens a lot with ballerinas.

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No, but eating non-food items can be bad for your health and digestive system and a sign of an eating disorder known as pica.

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Anorexia can cause many health side effects. Internally, organ (especially the heart and lungs) are stressed and prone to malfunction or organ failure. There is also a lot of mental and psychological stress, often in the form of depression, OCD, BDD, and self-image factors such as low self-esteem and low sense of self-worth. A person may also become more isolated, which is negative to social and overall health and well-being. Other physical problems include hair loss, dry skin, anemia, brittle bones, disolored nails, fatigue, dizziness, fainting, and loss of menstrual cycle (in women).

a teenager cant realy cope with all the pressure. If you hang around in a click you kind of get lost in peer pressure of doeing exactly as your friend does and well if they have a great body and you have some bumps in all the rong places you want to be like them well don't just be yourself and don't copy off each other it isn't the way through.

It depends on the individual. Some anorexics only lose a few pounds, while some may lose 50 pounds. Usually, the average person who is anorexic will lose 20 to 30 pounds before treatment or intervention occurs.

A normal 5 foot 2 inch girl should weigh between 100 and 135 lbs. If you have never weighed over 85 lbs during your 13 years, then you probably are not anorexic, you are just small for your age. If you are concerned, you should speak to your pediatrician about your weight.

Bigorexia or reverse anorexia or muscular dysmorphia stems from a seriously distorted body image, just like anorexia. And, just like anorexia, a lot of different things can combine to result in it, such as a feeling of inferiority, insecurity, peer pressure, etc. It is becoming more and more common, and not only among professional bodybuilders.

Not that I'm aware of.

Anorexia is a mental health condition, and there is no medicinal cure. Sometimes anti-depressants can help with symptoms of depression, but that's not really a cure.

One of the best treatments for anorexia is psychotherapy.

Leptin is the protein that naturally exists in the human body that regulates hunger sensations in the body. The higher the leptin levels are, the fewer signals the brain receives and the less hungry a person feels. Long periods of fasting or consuming a significantly low-calorie diet will drastically lower leptin levels. (On the contrary, over-eating raises leptin levels slightly, but not by much.)

Yes, that is true. Many different types of treatments and therapies are available to people based on what type of eating disorder they have, and also the severity of the eating disorder.

Take them to a professional. Anorexia is a psychological disorder very similar to drug addiction. The average parent isn't qualified to help someone overcome heroin addiction, so why should Anorexia be any different? If you are the parent of an anorexic child, please understand that this is a disease that is afflicting your child, it has nothing to do with their character, and it is not necessarily a choice that they make.

I'm sorry, but WikiAnsers is a site designed to provide helpful knowledge and information. Suggesting "rules" or ways that promote anorexia (a dangerous and often deadly eating disorder) would not be helpful and WikiAnswers cannot take part in such actions. Thank you.

People with anorexia can behave in many different ways. Often they will be secretive or uncomfortable around food or when eating. Many prefer to eat alone and will do anything to avoid eating in public or even avoid social events or gatherings that involve food. Anorexia can cause mood swings, depression, and isolation, too.

I have never seen any reports about this happening before.

Exercising and not eating is a very bad idea. You can lose weight very quickly by lowering calorie and carbohydrate intake whilst exercising. Starving yourself will only make you tired and weak. Getting into a routine of exercise and a diet that suits you will benefit in the long run. Belive me i have been there, starving doesnt work, changing the way you eat permanently with light exercise is the best way, and no obsessing, and punishing yourself if you fall off the wagon. If you don't eat your body will seem to subsist just fine for a brief period of time, until it starts to eat it's own energy, so, the person would not have enough energy to exercise. Exercise is suppose to tone muscles, but if you don't eat protein, etc., there is nothing you can do by exercise that will keep you healthy. Eat! Starving oneself is called Anorexia or Bulimia and they are serious diseases. It's wise for the person to seek out counseling to find out why they don't want to eat. One thing doctors do know, people with eating disorders do so because it's the one thing they can control if they can't control other things in their lives. Marcy

Do not starve yourself. I can not believe someone would be so stupid to post this question. leave your personal buisness to yourself, and go to the doctor immediately.

If you are a woman, (most anorexics are) then you will lose your menstrual cycle after you lose enough weight. You get very fatigued. You lose many essential nutrients for your body and start living off your own muscle since there's not enough food. These are just some of many negative effects. If the person refuses counseling to help them with this disease then these are some of the more serious things that will eventually happen to ALL Anorexics: * Because of severe weight loss the organs will begin to shut-down. * Heart failure. * Of course there is also rotting teeth as well as severe Osteoporosis and this can lead to bad bruising and broken bones. The end results of an Anorexic that refuses treatment is death.

yes, actually they always think about food it's constanly on their mind since they starve themselves. they actually become fascinated with food. they like to see others consume it. so they do think of food but try no to because of the fear of becoming fat.

It depends, but this is never a good alternative weight-loss method. The acid that's regurgitated not only makes one's breath smell horrible, but it erodes the white enamel off one's teeth, painfully corrodes their esophagus, and makes the person malnourished. Also, as with anorexia, the body initially tries to store fat as a defense mechanism against starvation.