... unfounded fear is self-starvation and major weight loss. In addition, the undernourishment may cause hormonal disturbances, anemia, heart problems, brittle bones and many other problems, some of which are life-threatening ("Anorexia Nervosa," 1). Bulimia is an eating disorder that is psychological in origin and can have dire physical consequences. While anorexics starve themselves, bulimics binge on food and then purge ... that anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa can both have similar and obvious symptoms to help other people detect them and prevent the illness from becoming life thre...

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... initiatives to prevent further increases in its prevalence. Obesity is a condition of measured excess adipose tissue associated with adverse health outcomes (Pi-Sunyer 2000; Troiano & Flegal, 1998) An International Obesity Task Force workshop (Bellizzi & Dietz, 1999) and the NHMRC of Australia (1997) have recommended the use of BMI (kg/m2) for age reference centiles as the most simple and ... reasonable clarification of obesity. Experts on obesity have consistently sought an ... than caloric need is a conditioned response, established in childhood, and may be a completely unconscious a...

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