Eating Disorders – Anorexia nervosa 

Anorexia nervosa is one of the eating disorders. It is associated with the way one’s weight is being experienced. The person usually an adolescent or young adult female (but it may occur at any age or sex) has an intense fear of weight gain or becoming fat even when she is underweight. She refuses to gain weight and would downplay the seriousness of her current low weight if challenged. Patients with anorexia nervosa also engage in recurrent episodes of binge eating. Continue reading Eating Disorders – Anorexia nervosa