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…heart problems. Laxative abuse can cause long-lasting digestive and bowel problems. The mortality rate for eating disorders, including anorexia, may be as high as 10 to 15 percent, taking into account deaths from related heart and intestinal damage…

…such case involves Sara Rosin, a twenty-two year old native of Frankenmuth, Michigan. She knows the relationship between perfectionism and weight loss firsthand. In an essay Rosin wrote for the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders…

…. Fear of womanhood, and maturation are common. The loss of periods and breast often fuel the obsession (Levenkron, 174). Anorexia Nervosa is a eating disorder primarily characterized by a persons refusal to eat. To be diagnosed with anorexia a victim…

…. This is why I chose this topic. People need to pay more attention to this disease. Anorexics are literally dying to be thin. Anorexia victims have a very low "ideal" weight. It might begin as a normal diet carried to extremes, reducing their food intake to a bare…

…Anorexia and Bulimia Anorexia and Bulimia are serious, functional eating disorders. There are many similarities with the two diseases, but the few differences differentiate the two. Mostly occurring in women, these disorders cause a person to look…

…Anorexia Anorexia is an eating disorder caused by depression, guilt, or low self-esteem. When a person is suffering from anorexia they do not eat anything or if they do eat it is very little. Most of the people with this disorder have a big fear…

…factors C. Cultural factors D. Psychological VI. Treatments A. Psychotherapy VII. Self-Test Anorexia nervosa is a disorder of self-starvation, which if extreme enough can cause psychological, endocrine…

…leave without them. But also there are some people who do know that they are hurting their bodies so they start to take vitamins but that isn't enough for your body to live off of. Anorexia also known as "Anorexia Nervosa" meaning nervous want of appetite…

…as young as 8." Fitness & Wellness Week. 6 Sep. 2003: 15 Corcos, M. " Eating Disorders; Lack of Maternal Physical or Psychic Reference May Underline Anorexia Nervosa." Women's Health Weekly. 16 Oct. 2003: 6 Hoffman, Lee. "Eating Disorders: Anorexia…

…Anorexia is a condition that affects every part of you, your body, and your mind. In the world that we live in, where on every magazine cover, every tv show, and even in your homeroom, you see beautiful, skinny girls that seem to have everything…