IPHY 2420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Eating Disorder
17 Dec 2017
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Disordered eating is when a person who is often extremely unhappy with their bodies and makes an extreme adjustment to their diet in order to lose weight. Disordered eating is often a mental problem and can even be genetic. People with eating disorders increase the likelihood that their relatives will also develop an eating disorder. Unrealistic body images of both men and women also attribute to eating disorders. The most common victim to eating disorders are white american women who often come from high anxiety families. Often-times these people are also perfectionists about everything especially themselves. Anorexia nervosa is the actual eating disorder we all think of. Anorexia nervosa is a potentially deadly disorder that is characterized by self-starvation. Anorexia nervosa patients often have an extreme fear of any weight gain. It is estimated that anorexia nervosa effects 0. 5-4% of all. White american women make up 85% of all anorexia nervosa patients.
