Nutrition

Question 1

Define Anorexia nervosa.

Answer 1

Syndrome that involves extreme loss of weight (20% to 40% below average) as result of self-starvation, excessive exercise, aversion to food, altered eating habits, and/ or chronic use of laxatives or suppositories in response to a distorted body image.

Question 2

What is the etiology of Anorexia nervosa?

Whom does it mainly occur?

Answer 2

Unknown but associated with psychosocial pressures.

Occurs MAINLY in young women with low self-esteem.