Anorexia
Eating Disorders
Anorexia is a very common eating disorder
Anorexia is the act of having an abnormally low body weight.
Description
- Comes from two Latin words meaning nervous inability to eat
- Inability to maintain weight at or above what is normal
- distorted body image
No main cause, can run in the family. Environmental and social factors can cause anorexia.
Causes brain damage
Causes major body parts shutdown
Causes death
Relationships
People may think they are fat, causing them to stop eating and starve themselves, making their body weight low.
HELP!
- Educate yourself
- Have a treatment resource
- Let the person know with the disorder that you care
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