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…the illness that consumes the life of over eight million Americans, 90 percent being women? Anorexia nervosa, in medicine, is a condition characterized my intense fear of gaining weight or becoming obese, as well as a distorted body image. This can lead to many…

…socialized. There are socially accepted norms and values surrounding people's understanding of food. This information may be used in a constructive way to help people choose food wisely in order to prevent obesity. Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder…

…Anorexia nervosa is an emotional illness in which a person refuses to eat. It occurs chiefly among adolescent girls and young women. The word anorexia means without appetite, but anorexics may be extremely hungry most of the time. They avoid food…

…Anorexia Nervosa Each year millions of people in the United States are affected by serious and sometimes life-threatening eating disorders. The vast majority are adolescents and young adult women. Approximately one percent of adolescent girls develops…

…Anorexia Nervosa Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder made up of physical and emotional elements. Anorexia means “lack of appetite” but this isn't a true symptom of the disorder. In fact, people with anorexia are usually hungry, but they control…

…Striving For Thinness Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder that is growing rapidly all over the world. There are over seven million girls with this eating disorder in the Unites States alone. Why do these girls believe so deeply that thin…

…Anorexia is also known as anorexia nervosa, in Latin meaning "nervous want of appetite. Anorexia is a serious illness that effects every one out of one hundred U.S. woman. It is a psychological problem that has many physical effects…

…are pressured into thinking that being thin is the same thing as being happy and beautiful. The two most common eating disorders include anorexia and bulimia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa is a disease in which women become very self-conscious about their weight and have…

…took me a while to comprehend. It always seemed like there were diets here, diets there; these drugs can do this, or these herbs can do that… "Stop the insanity!" This paper is going to discuss anorexia nervosa, a disease that is developed during puberty…

…people assume that Anorexia Nervosa is only a faze and only effects adolescents, during their high school years. And although ninety percent of these cases do take place during an adolescents high school career, it is not just a faze and it effects people…