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Source About Anorexia
By Ryan Larson

Plainly put, anorexia is an eating disorder where a person starves him or herself. Anorexia mainly affects adolescent girls. They have an intense fear of becoming fat. They think they are overweight, but in fact most anorexics weigh a full 15% below their normal body weight. Anorexia strikes about 1% of adolescent females. This is about one in one hundred women.

Some psychiatrists think anorexia is not just about being thin or fat. It stems from a fear of growing up and losing control. It's about fear of becoming a woman, growing up, building relationships and leaving home. Her body is changing and growing and she doesn't like it and wants to be child sized again. Some psychiatrists think that eating disorders...
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