Anorexia

Anorexia is an eating disorder where people starve themselves. Anorexia usually begins in young people when they start to hit puberty. People suffering from anorexia have extreme weight loss. People's usually loss 15 percent of weight, which is smaller than a normal person's weight. People suffering from anorexia are very skinny but make it seem like they are overweight. Weight loss is obtained by many ways. Some of the common techniques used are excessive exercise, intake of laxatives and not eating.

Anorexic people fear to become fat that's why their diet habits become obsessive. People with anorexia lead themselves to think they are overweight even when they become very thin, but what they don't know is that they are very ill or could be close to death. Often they will develop strange eating habits such as refusing to eat in front of other people. Sometimes the individuals will prepare big meals for others while refusing to eat any of it.

Anorexia is thought to be most common among people of higher socioeconomic classes and people involved in activities where thinness is looked upon, such as dancing, theater, and distance running, and modeling.


Anorexia has many symptoms such as; Body weight that is inconsistent with age, Loss of at least 3 consecutive menstrual periods (in women) not wanting or refusing to eat in public, Anxiety, Weakness, Brittle skin, Shortness of breath , Obsessiveness about calorie intake.