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Anorexia nervosa Anorexia nervosa is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes an eating disorder characterized by low body weight and body image distortion with an obsessive fear of gaining weight. Individuals with anorexia are known to commonly control body weight through the means of voluntary starvation, purging, vomiting, excessive exercise, or other weight control measures, such as diet pills or diuretic drugs. It primarily affects adolescent females, however approximately 10% of people with the diagnosis are male. Anorexia nervosa is a complex condition, involving neurobiological, psychological, and sociological components. The term anorexia is of Greek origin: a (α, prefix of negation), n (ν, link between two vowels) and orexis (ορεξις, appetite) thus meaning a lack of desire to eat. A person who is diagnosed with anorexia nervosa is most commonly referred to with the adjectival form anorexic. The noun form, "anorectic" is generally not used in this context and usually refers to drugs that suppress appetite. "Anorexia nervosa" is frequently shortened to "anorexia" in both the popular media and television reports. This is technically incorrect, as the term "anorexia" used separately refers to the medical symptom of reduced appetite (which therefore is distinguishable from anorexia nervosa in being non-psychiatric). Uploaded by tirtha9 (401) • 3 weeks ago Tags: anorexia, nervosa tirtha9 (401)

Men falling prey to anorexia.......

Anorexia or eating disorder usually associated with teenage girls is increasingly spreading in epidemic proportion among men seeking to build "an ideal body". According to a new survey in Britain,...

Anorexia

Hi folks its bakano once more here to alert you on the problems of anorexia.As you know anorexia is disease that originally happens on your brain and you start to starve and else.So are you an...

Anorexia

I read about anorexia today. Anorexia is one of the eating disorder and it is characterized by severe restrictions of foods and fluids which leads to extreme weight loss. Please give me your opinion...

Anorexic daughter still has no period.

My daughter stopped eating in November but had gone vegetarian in September. She hasn't had a period since October even though she is eating much better now and has even gained a little weight back....

Did you know there were websites that teach young girls how to be Anorexic?

I had no idea there were such websites out there. I have a 3 yr old daughter, and this disgusts me. I dont know what their names are, nor do I want to. But they teach things, like putting bleach on...

Experts Weigh In On Bipolar Disorder

And they conclude there's a lot of bad information out there.  They try to set the record straight.Bring a bottle.... (...)

Skinny Images: Should They Be Banned?

In the U.S. we are very fortunate to live in "the land of the free and the home of the brave" where we can have as many kids as we want, we're allowed to practice whatever religion...

Have You Heard the Term Pro-Ana?

Yea, me either…I guess its a shorter version of Pro-Anorexia. I guess there are sites that promote anorexia as a way of life! YUCK! Ryan, one of managers over at Fitconnect.com has a great...

Too much of a good thing??

I have been working out, jogging & dieting all summer. From my starting weight till now there is a 40 pound difference. I hit my goal weight two weeks ago [155 lbs].... my problem is that I can't...

Collapsed Columbia Hunger-Striker Is Recovering Anorexic [Depressing Moments]

Woman down! Columbia's hunger strike is one less strong, after Barnard student Aretha Choi collapsed in the library Saturday on the fourth day of the student protest against something or other. It...