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anorexia nervosa: Encyclopedia - Anorexia nervosa

Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by voluntary starvation and exercise stress. Anorexia nervosa is a complex disease, involving psychological, sociological and physiological components. A person who is suffering from anorexia is referred to as 'anorexic' or (less commonly) 'anorectic'. "Anorectic" is the noun form, where "anorexic" is the adjectival form. These two are often used incorrectly when applied. Although technically incorrect, the term is frequently shortened to anorexia, which simply refers to the medical symptom of lost appetite. In this article, anorexia ...

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Anorexia nervosa - Characteristics

Anorexia nervosa - Treatment

Anorexia nervosa - Notable anorectics

anorexia nervosa: Encyclopedia II - Anorexia nervosa - Treatment Successful treatment of, and recovery from, anorexia is possible, but it can take many years. The earlier intervention arrests the course of the disease, the more successful the treatment is likely to be. Anorexia nervosa has the highest death rate of all mental illnesses, with as many as 20% of anorexics eventually dying of complications of the disease, usually from heart/organ failure or low levels of potassium. Once an anorexic reaches a certain weight, death becomes a very real possibility. The BMI (or body mass index) where this starts ...

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Bulimia nervosa - Mortality risk

Bulimia nervosa - At-risk groups

anorexia nervosa: Encyclopedia - Anorexia

Anorexia (deriving from the Greek όρεξη (orexe) = appetite) is the decreased sensation of appetite. While the term in non-scientific publications is often used interchangably with one of its subtypes, anorexia nervosa, there are many possible causes for a decreased appetite, some of which may be harmless while others pose significant risk for the person. Anorexia - Causes. Common disorders that cause anorexia include anorexia nervosa, severe depression, cancer, dementia, AIDS, and chroni ...

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anorexia nervosa: Encyclopedia - ANA

ANA is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: Afghan National Army Albanian National Army All Nippon Airways American Numismatic Association American Nurses Association Amtrak's 3-letter code for the rail station at Anaheim, California, USA Anaheim Angels Anti-nuclear antibody Athens News Agency Australian National Airways Australian Natives Association A Non Acronym (a computer languag ...

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anorexia nervosa: Encyclopedia - Body weight

Body weight is simply the weight of any animal, including humans. The term is usually encountered in connection with: food and feeding behaviour normal and abnormal growth and development the physiological and hormonal control of ingestion and digestion foraging for food in non-human animals hunger and other motivations to eat problems in regulating body weight, often resulting in obesity eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and ...

anorexia nervosa: Encyclopedia - Cachexia

Cachexia is loss of weight, muscle wasting, fatigue, weakness and anorexia (not anorexia nervosa) in someone who is not actively trying to lose weight. It can be a sign of various underlying disorders; when a patient presents with cachexia, a doctor will generally consider the possibility of cancer, certain infectious diseases (e.g. tuberculosis) and some autoimmune disorders. Cachexia - Mechanism. The exact mechanism in which these diseases cause cachexia is poorly understood, but there is p ...

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Cachexia - Mechanism

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anorexia nervosa: Encyclopedia - Appetite

The appetite is the desire to eat food, felt as hunger. Appetite exists in all higher lifeforms, and serves to regulate adequate energy intake to maintain metabolic needs. It is regulated by a close interplay between the digestive tract, adipose tissue and the brain. Decreased desire to eat is termed anorexia, while polyphagia (or "hyperphagia") is increased eating. Dysregulation of appetite contributes to anorexia nervosa and cachexia on one side, and obesity on the other side of the spectrum. Appetite - Regulation. ...

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Appetite - Regulation

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anorexia nervosa: Encyclopedia - Binge eating

Binge eating is a pattern of disordered eating which consists of episodes of uncontrollable overeating. It is somtimes as a simptom of Binge eating disorder. During such binges, a person rapidly consumes an excessive amount of food, typically sweet high-calorie foods of a soft texture, such as ice cream or cookies. Most people who have eating binges try to hide this behaviour from others. They often feel ashamed or depressed about their overeating. Eating binges can be followed by so-called compensatory behaviour, acts by which the person tries to compensate for the effects of overeating. Examples of such acts a ...

anorexia nervosa: Encyclopedia - Body dysmorphic disorder

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a mental disorder which involves a disturbed body image. The central feature of BDD is that persons who are afflicted with it are excessively dissatisfied with their body because of a perceived physical defect. An example would be a woman who is extremely worried that her nose is too big, although other people don't notice anything unusual about it. Body dysmorphic disorder - Diagnostic criteria DSM-IV-TR. The DSM-IV-TR, the latest version of the diagnostic manual o ...

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anorexia nervosa: Encyclopedia - Carotene

Carotene is an orange photosynthetic pigment that is important for photosynthesis. It is responsible for the orange colour of the carrot, and can cause people who have consumed enough to turn slightly yellow. It does not actively contribute in photosynthesis, but instead it transmits the energy it absorbs to chlorophyll. Chemically, carotene is a terpene. It is the dimer of retinol (vitamin A) and comes in two primary forms: α and β-carotene (also γ, δ and ε-carotene). These can be stored in the liver. Carotene can be conv ...

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anorexia nervosa: Encyclopedia - Weight loss

In the context of physical health, weight loss is the process of losing body weight, typically by losing fat. To achieve weight loss, more calories must be expended than taken in. This can be achieved by reducing the amount of food consumed, increasing physical activity or a combination of the two. For healthy weight loss, most experts recommend a combination of healthy eating patterns and regular physical exercise. Other methods of losing weight include use of prescribed or herbal drugs or chemicals that decrease appetite and/or incr ...

anorexia nervosa: Encyclopedia - Culture-specific syndrome

In medicine and medical anthropology, a culture-specific syndrome or culture-bound syndrome is a combination of psychiatric and somatic symptoms that are considered to be a recognizable disease only within a specific society or culture. There are no objective biochemical or structural alterations of body organs or functions, and the disease is not recognized in other cultures. While a substantial portion of mental disorders, in the way they are manifested and experienced, are at least partially conditioned by the culture in whi ...

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anorexia nervosa: Encyclopedia - Atrophy

Atrophy is the partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body. Causes of atrophy include poor nourishment, poor circulation, loss of hormonal support, loss of nerve supply to the target organ, disuse or lack of exercise, or disease intrinsic to the tissue itself. Hormonal and nerve inputs that maintain an organ or body part are referred to as trophic. Atrophy is a general physiological process of reabsorption and breakdown of tissues, involving apoptosis on a cellular level. It can be part of normal body developm ...

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anorexia nervosa: Encyclopedia - Eating

In general terms, eating (formally, ingestion) is the process of consuming something edible, i.e. food, for the purpose of providing for the nutritional needs of an animal, particularly their energy requirements. All animals must eat other organisms in order to survive: carnivores eat other animals, herbivores eat plants, and omnivores consume a mixture of both. While the process of eating varies from species to species, in humans eating is performed by placing food in the mouth and then swallowing it, with chewing often occurring betwee ...

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anorexia nervosa: Encyclopedia - Amenorrhoea

Amenorrhoea (BE) or amenorrhea (AmE) is the absence of a menstrual period in a woman of reproductive age. Physiologic states of amenorrhoea are seen during pregnancy and lactation (breastfeeding). Outside of the reproductive years there is absence of menses during childhood and after menopause. Amenorrhoea - Etymology and definition. The term is derived from Greek: a = negative, men = month, rhoia = flow. Derived adjectives are amenorrhoeal and amenorrheic. The oppo ...

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anorexia nervosa: Encyclopedia - Underweight

Underweight refers to a human who is considered to be under a healthy weight. The definition is usually made with reference to the body mass index (BMI). Most consider individuals under 18.5 to be underweight - although some authorities use a higher value of 20. It is important to note that the BMI is a statistical estimate and some indivduals classified as underweight may be perfectly healthy. Underweight - Problems. Underweight individuals generally have poor physical stamina and a weak immune system - le ...

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anorexia nervosa: Encyclopedia - Psychosomatic illness

A Psychosomatic illness is an illness which exists because of a particular reason. "Psycho-" means of the mind and "-somatic" means of the body. The body and mind are together interacting. That is the meaning of the word. An illness produced by or maintained by the interaction is properly called a psychosomatic illness. In some instances a psychosomatic illness might otherwise become cured but for the interaction of mind and body. An example of this situation are the things like stomach ulcers that are more often found in high stress ...

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Psychosomatic illness - Solutions

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anorexia nervosa: Encyclopedia - Body image

Body image is a person's perception of his or her physical appearance. A person with a poor body image will perceive his or her own body as being unattractive or even repulsive to others, while a person with a good body image will see him or herself as attractive to others, or will at least accept his or her body in its current form. Perceived body image is not necessarily related to any objective measure or the average opinion of other people; a person who has a poor body image may be rated as beautiful by others, and a person with a good body image may be rated as unattractive by others. Body image ...