Anorexia Nervosa
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Models are pretty and thin and are often taken as role models of
success. However they must be underweight to look "perfect" on television
and magazines. In order to be thin, they develop a disease called anorexia
nervosa.
Although anorexia and bulimia are related to eating disorders,
ano ....
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.... a risk of death from starvation
(Encarta Encyclopedia, Internet).
Anorexia nervosa is a disorder in which preoccupation with dieting
and thinness leads to excessive weight loss. The individual may not
acknowledge that weight loss or restricted eating is a problem
(www.anorexia.com, Internet).
The American Anorexia Nervosa Association defines anorexia as a
"serious illness of deliberate self-starvation with profound psychiatric
and physical components."
Now that we kn ....
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