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Anorexia Nervosa

Anorexia nercosa is a life-rhreatening disorder described by extreme body malnutrition or self-starvation. This illness usually affects young women ranging from pre-teens to collage females (only ten percent of anorexia sufferers are boys). An estimated one-half of females in the United States develop anorexia. Although mostly common only in adolescet females, there have been diagnosis of anorexia in children as young as seven and in women as old as eighty. Anorexia is significantly more common among the white population than in any other race. The cause of anorexia nervosa is unknown. Both biological and social factors play a roll in the illness; nevertheless anorexia nervosa may be brought upon by internal conflicts such as stress, anxiety, and low self-esteem. It may also be attained by external conflicts like physical apppearence. Anorexia can also be provoked through a broken home or troubled household. Anorexia can also run in families. For instance, a girl has ten to twenty perc...

Posted by: Alexander Bartfield

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