Anorexia
battle from within
What is Anorexia?
a meantal disoreder characterized by an obsessive desire to loose weight
came from the greek word orexis meaning appetite
statistics
50% of people with eating disorders meet the criteria for depression.
Only 1 out of 10 people with anorexia will recieve treatment
10-15% of people with anorexia are men.
Treatments
most people with anorexia deny being anorexic.
For treatments there is group or family therapy
Hospital services are needed if the person has life threatening malnutrition or medical complications
symptoms
very distorted body image
intense fear of becoming fat
doesnt eat
uses pills to make them urinate and decrease appitite
Causes
has strict social/cultural ideas about health/beauty
negative self esteem
worried about weight and shape
think they look fat
Citations
"Anorexia nervosa." PubMed Health. Ed. Timothy Rogge. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Feb. 2013. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001401/>.
Nationaleatingdisorders.org