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The activity-based anorexia model has been one of the most suitable animal models when studying anorexia nervosa (AN). [83] The important behavioral aspects of AN, the drive for activity, the restricted food intake during hunger, and other physiological consequences of malnutrition, are all reproduced in this model. [ 84 ]
In The Jewish Chronicle Jennifer Lipman praised Freeman for her journalistic rigour which "[makes] this not just a misery memoir but an examination of the causes and consequences of anorexia", noting how the book "highlights important questions over the links between anorexia and autism, or anorexia and gender dysphoria as it presents in girls ...
Anorexia affects about 0.4% and bulimia affects about 1.3% of young women in a given year. [1] Up to 4% of women have anorexia, 2% have bulimia, and 2% have binge eating disorder at some point in time. [10] Anorexia and bulimia occur nearly ten times more often in females than males. [1] Typically, they begin in late childhood or early ...
Letting Ana Go is a 2013 book about a girl suffering from anorexia nervosa, published anonymously with no discernible author.The main character, "Ana", is a sophomore student and athletic track star who keeps a strict food diary and finds herself growing increasingly distant from her own family, while her own mother struggles with newfound morbid obesity and separation from her husband.
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia is an autobiography written by Marya Hornbacher, detailing her fourteen-year battle with eating disorders. [1] Published by HarperCollins in 1997, Wasted was a critical and commercial success. The author's young age (she wrote the book at the age of 21) surprised many readers, and the memoir was praised ...
An anorectic is a drug that reduces appetite, resulting in lower food consumption, leading to weight loss. [1] These substances work by affecting the central nervous system or certain neurotransmitters to create a feeling of fullness or reduce the desire to eat.
A comparison of family to individual therapy was conducted with eighty anorexia patients. The study showed family therapy to be the more effective approach in patients under 18 and within 3 years of the onset of their illness. [1] Subsequent research confirmed the efficacy of family-based treatment for teens with anorexia nervosa.
Lisa's struggle with anorexia began during her junior year of high school. She started having problems with her friendships and her grades plummeted. [1] Lisa exercised compulsively through hours of working out at the gym and soccer. [3] Lisa became bulimic after starting college. [1] While attending UC Santa Cruz, her bulimia became worse. [4]