Provides information on anorexia nervosa. Those who struggle with anorexia nervosa perceive themselves as overweight, fat, or both, despite clear evidence to the contrary. Anorexia is a serious, often chronic eating disorder that requires aggressive professional treatment to achieve the best chance of recovery.
An overview of the features of anorexia nervosa, providing information on criteria, symptoms, risk factors, treatment options, and many other topics.
Presents statistics on anorexia nervosa, from prevalence to onset to mortality rates.
Learn the criteria for anorexia nervosa from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders.
Describes the major physical, mental, and behavioral symptoms of anorexia. Symptoms of anorexia range from the benign (like hair growth) to the dangerous (like bone loss) to the frightening (like potentially extreme weight loss).
For those with anorexia, gaining weight is a frightening process. Knowing what to expect in the weight-gain portion of recovery from anorexia can be reassuring.
Individual therapy for anorexia nervosa can be a key part of recovery when used with other supports. Learn various types of anorexia nervosa therapy.
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Appetites: Why Women Want, a powerful and insightful book from someone who has been there (and back) herself.
Fashion shows and corporations are banning models and actors who are too thin. See how the issue has progressed after the Madrid fashion show became the first entity to ban models who are too thin from working.
Following bans on models who are too thin at major fashion shows worldwide, consumer product group Unilever has restricted its advertising models to a healthy weight range.
By using models of realistic sizes, MaraJoara may be the fashion design house that began questioning the use of unrealistically thin models. The backlash for MaraJoara seems to have been significant.
An in-depth examination of the link between anorexia and OCD. Explores the question of whether anorexia is an outgrowth of OCD or simply a commonly co-occurring disorder.
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