Anorexia.

What is anorexia?

An eating disorder characterized by markedly reduced appetite or total aversion to food.



The individual continues the endless cycle of restrictive eating, often to a point close to starvation.



This becomes an obsession and is similar to an addiction to a drug.

Feeding problems as an infant, a general history of under-eating, and maternal depressive symptoms tend to be risk factors for developing anorexia.

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