It’s an eating disorder characterised by extreme food restriction and an irrational fear of gaining weight. Because of this, sufferers limit the amount of food they eat. People who suffer from it are called anorexic. Various health issues are connected with this condition including a lack of energy, headaches, drowsiness and dizziness and in the long term conditions like hormonal imbalance, cardiac arrests, reduction of bone and even death (studies show that anorexia has the highest death rate among all psychological disorders).
Do you know a loved one who is suffering from eating disorders? Here is how you can help them.
If left untreated, people with eating disorders may develop life-threatening problems. Here are signs that indicate you're suffering from an eating disorder.
MIT engineers have developed an ingestible 'electroceutical' capsule that could potentially help prevent nausea or loss of appetite in people with cachexia or anorexia.
Always worried about weight gain? You may be suffering from an eating disorder called Anorexia. Scroll down to know more about this condition and how you can prevent it.
Girls with anorexia often experience amenorrhea (absence of the menstrual cycle). They may also have stunted growth, according to a new research.
A recent study has showed that persistent low body mass index (BMI) in children; starting as young as age two for boys and four for girls, may be a risk factor for developing anorexia nervosa in adolescence.
The researchers, led by Dr. Guido Frank, MD, associate professor of psychiatry and neuroscience at the University Of Colorado School Of Medicine, monitored a large group of patients with anorexia nervosa as they tasted sugar during brain imaging.
The study showed that the brain activation among the anorexia group was inversely connected with any pleasant experience of eating sugar.
There are psychological perspectives associated with anorexia which can be harmful to you.
If yes, ask yourself if you have been subjected to body shaming. Yes, body shaming and how you feel about yourself could be connected.
Are you obsessed with healthy food?
The findings showed that women with anorexia nervosa or those who were obese had difficulty distinguishing between ordinary water and sugar water compared to controlled group and those who had recovered from anorexia nervosa.
Excess use of social media such as Facebook, Instagram or YouTube may lead to disordered eating and body image concerns among young adults, suggests new research.
Study reveals that anorexia, an eating disorder, can be triggered by genetics and one's environmental factors.
Click to find out how brain stimulation can reduce the symptoms of anorexia.
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If left untreated, people with eating disorders may develop life-threatening problems. Here are signs that indicate you're suffering from an eating disorder.
MIT engineers have developed an ingestible 'electroceutical' capsule that could potentially help prevent nausea or loss of appetite in people with cachexia or anorexia.
Girls with anorexia often experience amenorrhea (absence of the menstrual cycle). They may also have stunted growth, according to a new research.
A recent study has showed that persistent low body mass index (BMI) in children; starting as young as age two for boys and four for girls, may be a risk factor for developing anorexia nervosa in adolescence.
The researchers, led by Dr. Guido Frank, MD, associate professor of psychiatry and neuroscience at the University Of Colorado School Of Medicine, monitored a large group of patients with anorexia nervosa as they tasted sugar during brain imaging.
The study showed that the brain activation among the anorexia group was inversely connected with any pleasant experience of eating sugar.
There are psychological perspectives associated with anorexia which can be harmful to you.
If yes, ask yourself if you have been subjected to body shaming. Yes, body shaming and how you feel about yourself could be connected.
The findings showed that women with anorexia nervosa or those who were obese had difficulty distinguishing between ordinary water and sugar water compared to controlled group and those who had recovered from anorexia nervosa.
Excess use of social media such as Facebook, Instagram or YouTube may lead to disordered eating and body image concerns among young adults, suggests new research.
Study reveals that anorexia, an eating disorder, can be triggered by genetics and one's environmental factors.
Click to find out how brain stimulation can reduce the symptoms of anorexia.
Here's why you should love the way you look.
Obsessed with size 'zero'? You are probably missing a gene
Anorexia & bulimia - Eating disorders that harm not just your body
Do you constantly think you're too fat? You might be anorexic.
Eating disorder, Anorexia Nervosa, alters DNA, affects nervous system: Study
Who are the Bollywood celebrities who've been accused of being anorexic?
Do you know a loved one who is suffering from eating disorders? Here is how you can help them.
Always worried about weight gain? You may be suffering from an eating disorder called Anorexia. Scroll down to know more about this condition and how you can prevent it.
Are you obsessed with healthy food?
