what is anorexia??

Question

i need the answer i have a huge essay to do!!

Answer 1

hi,
the greatest example of anorexia is victoria beckham.
it is the eating disorder especially in females.
the desire to have pencil thin figure pushes the person to anorexia.
it has very bad effect on ones health.
the body lacks important minerals,protiens and carbohydrates.
the person suffering from anorexia is susceptible to falling ill .
this is the simplest,i can explain you.
there are innumerable books and sites on this topic.,so browse the net.

Answer 2

Anorexia is a plain simple term to describe the act of not eating. Anorexia nervosa is the psychological disorder where people stop eating willingly.

Answer 3

Anorexia Nervosa is defined in the DMS-IV-TR manual as:

a. Refusal to maintain body weight at or above a minimally normal weight for age and height.
b. Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, even though underweight.
c. Disturbance in the way in which ones body weight or shape is experienced, undue influence of body weight or shape on self-evaluation, or denial of the seriousness of the current low body weight.
d. In postmenarcheal females, amenorrhea, i.e. the absence of at least three consecutive menstrual cycles.

Answer 4

Here's some food for thought. You obviously are on the internet. Google anorexia and you shall find your answer. Then grab a sandwich and eat it all. Then stick your finger down your throat and throw up.

Answer 5

Nicole Richie

Answer 6

it is when somebody ALWAYS thinks them self's of being fat but are SUPER SKINNY and they don't and eat work out a lot and can sometimes if they are really really really skinny can have they bones of a 80 or 90 year old woman

Answer 7

strictly, loss of appetite or desire to eat. as a psych disorder, pathological desire to not eat, dysmorphism.

Answer 8

When you starve yourself, it is a disease that alot of people have!

Answer 9

when stupid girls think they are fat so they dont eat

Answer 10

sickness.to have no appetite