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What is anorexia?What is anorexia?

Anorexia nervosaAnorexia nervosa is a is a psychiatricpsychiatric illnessillness (illness of the mind) that describes an (illness of the mind) that describes an eating eating disorderdisorder(when human beings stop (when human beings stop eating in a normal way), characterized by eating in a normal way), characterized by extreme low extreme low body weightbody weight and body image and body image distortion, with an obsessive fear of distortion, with an obsessive fear of gaining weight. gaining weight.

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People with anorexia are known to control People with anorexia are known to control body weight commonly through the body weight commonly through the methods of voluntary starvation, purging, methods of voluntary starvation, purging, excessive exercise or other weight control excessive exercise or other weight control measures, such as diet pills or diuretic measures, such as diet pills or diuretic drugs. drugs. Taken from wikipedia Taken from wikipedia

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While the condition primarily affects While the condition primarily affects adolescent (teenage) females, adolescent (teenage) females, approximately 10% of people with the approximately 10% of people with the diagnosis are male diagnosis are male

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1)1) -Victims of anorexia do not want to admit -Victims of anorexia do not want to admit their eating practices are dangeroustheir eating practices are dangerous

- They do not feel they need to ask for - They do not feel they need to ask for helphelp

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2a)It is an eating problem that causes many 2a)It is an eating problem that causes many illnesses in the body and mind. Victims illnesses in the body and mind. Victims starve themselves to stay slim starve themselves to stay slim

2b)They want to lose weight and look 2b)They want to lose weight and look attractive.attractive.

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3)- They would rather eat alone3)- They would rather eat alone

- They eat very small portions- They eat very small portions

-They choose weird food combinations that -They choose weird food combinations that are likely to taste awfulare likely to taste awful

-pick food with little nutrients-pick food with little nutrients

-hate the foods that they used to like-hate the foods that they used to like

-eat something before mealtimes so that they -eat something before mealtimes so that they do not feel hungry to eat more during do not feel hungry to eat more during mealtimes.mealtimes.

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4) – The females live in societies where 4) – The females live in societies where being slim means being beautiful,being slim means being beautiful,

-Secondly, they are more willing to go to -Secondly, they are more willing to go to great lengths to change their appearancegreat lengths to change their appearance

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5) ‘They’ refers to victims of anorexia 5) ‘They’ refers to victims of anorexia nervosa.nervosa.

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6) – They feel unattractive6) – They feel unattractive

- They have low self confidence- They have low self confidence

- They fall into depression- They fall into depression

-They feel ashamed of their eating -They feel ashamed of their eating practicespractices

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7) – medical help can treat their health 7) – medical help can treat their health problems and illnesses. problems and illnesses. -It can also help them learn that they are -It can also help them learn that they are beautiful in their own waysbeautiful in their own ways

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8) – We must be encouraging8) – We must be encouraging

- and lend a listening ear- and lend a listening ear