... is no single cause for the eating disorder anorexia but a number of factors including emotional disorders and cultural influences. Researchers have shown that emotional disorders such as depression collaborate in causing anorexia nervosa. This is because most anorexic patients have been found to have abnormal levels of certain neurotransmitters particularly serotonin, that are associated with depression and obsessive compulsive ... disorder. According to a research conducted by Dr. John .E. Iodine of Harvard Medical School " studies are finding that low blood levels of amino acid tryptop...

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... a combination of restricted eating and compulsive exercising, dominates the anorexic's and bulimic's life. There are often signs of these diseases, which the observer is able to recognise, in order to help the individual. Behavior and symptoms that may identify anorexia nervosa are: skipping meals, eating tiny portions, pushing food on plate around, not willing to eat ... . The other signs of the two diseases are: wearing big or baggy clothes or dressing in layers to hide body shape and/or weight loss, obsessing with continuous exercise, experiencing dizziness, headaches, frequent soar t...

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... with malnutrition, although the most important deterioration of muscles goes on unseen inside the chest, in heart tissue. There is an increased chance of heart failure due to decreased blood pressure (10). Metabolism rates slow down sequentially as weight is lost. There are many feelings of fatigue, feeling cold and tired, constipated, and depressed due to underactive thyroids. Stomach activity is also slowed ... , and many anorexics feel full or bloated after a small meal thanks in part to stomach-emptying delay (11). Even brain ... activity is interrupted in anorexics. Many anorexic wo...

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