normal weight for the persons age and height. They have a big fear of

becoming fat even if they are underweight. The term anorexia means “loss

of appetite”. Anorexic patients typically come from white, middle class

families. While trying to gain perfection and approval a person with

anorexia may begin to diet so that they can lose a few pounds. But the

dieting doesn’t stop there and an obsession with weight is established.

Nobody knows what causes this but losing 5 or 10 pounds isn’t enough. Its

common for the anorexic person to starve herself until she weights 50 or

60 pounds. When she is starving herself she will deny being hungry or

claim to be full after eating just a few bites. Most researchers agree that

the number of patients with anorexia is increasing and they say that 1 out

of every 200 American girls between the ages of 12 to 18 will develop

anorexia. Therapists find that people with anorexia have low self-esteem

and feel they can gain admiration by losing weight and becoming thin.

Most anorexic patients are female and about 6 percent are boys.

Sometimes the disorder is found in older women and in children as

her family, friends, and the reasons she may have fallen into a pattern of

problems, dehydration, hormone imbalances, and lowered blood pressure.

spells, and dry brittle hair. The person may also have concentration

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