It is important to know that anorexia knows no parameters regarding age. Women in their 60′s can experience anorexia onset as easily as girls in their teens. In fact, today children as young as six are being diagnosed with this disease. The following are symptoms: • self starvation • extreme anxiety • depression • inordinate [...] Read more »
Anorexia Treatment
In the United States, eating disorders are far more than prevalent – they’re epidemic. Today, 10 million women and girls have eating disorders and up to one million of them will die from the disorder. Anorexia, perhaps the most devastating of these diseases, is characterized by self-starvation. People suffering from this disorder literally starve themselves [...] Read more »
Anorexia Tests
There is no actual medical test for anorexia. This is why many professionals use the SCOFF screen, which asks the following questions: 1. Do you make yourself sick because you feel uncomfortably full? 2. Do you worry you have lost control over how much you eat? 3. Have you recently lost more than 15 pounds [...] Read more »
Anorexia Diagnosis
Anorexia diagnoses are predicated on certain criteria. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), the following conditions must be present, in order for the determination of anorexia to be made: Low Body Weight If a woman or girl is at 85% or less of what would be considered a normal body [...] Read more »
Medical Complications of Anorexia Nervosa
Just as a car needs gas to run, the human body needs food to function correctly.Anorexia is contrary to health, often contrary to life. Anorexia is not just an extreme diet; it is a disease with a shockingly high mortality rate. Women throughout the United States die every year from this disorder. Though men can [...] Read more »
Anorexia Symptoms
Anorexia is very hard to understand. It is not a diet, it’s a disease. Anorexia is a psychiatric disorder; its defining behavior is self starvation. Those with this disorder starve themselves to a state of severe emaciation, or even death. More people die from anorexia each year than any other mental disorder. Anorexia is addictive, [...] Read more »
