Anorexia Nervosa is a severely debilitating eating disorder that can lead to death. An anorexic shows the following characteristics:
- low body weight for the person's height
- resistance to keeping a normal body weight
Anorexia Nervosa
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Anorexia Involves Intense Fear of Gaining Weight and an Unusual Sense About One's Body
Submitted by Steve Ross on Fri, 03/09/2007 - 5:16pm.
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Prozac Does Not Prevent Anorexia Relapse
Submitted by Steve Ross on Fri, 06/23/2006 - 1:54pm.
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder primarily affecting young women and marked by an extreme fear of becoming overweight. This fear leads to excessive dieting to the point of serious ill-health and sometimes death. The condition is hard to treat successfully, largely due to the the high rate of relapse. 30% to 50% of patients will require rehospitalization within 1 year of discharge after successful weight restoration.
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