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 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 »
