Anorexia Nervosa is a form of undernutrition caused by nervous and/or psychological factors. Typically, it is an eating disorder of adolescent girls, but occasionally it occurs in older females, younger children, and males. Anorexia Nervosa patients are preoccupied with food. They collect and read books and magazine articles relating to food, dieting, and body weight. They have a better knowledge of nutrition than the general public. People with Anorexia Nervosa are determined to control the amounts of food they eat. Their meal will contain foods, which are very low in fat and are mainly full of water, egg: lettuce, carrot sticks, celery, and apples. The eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, are recognized as types of psychiatric illnesses and disorders.
             Associated physical characteristics include excessive physical activity, denial of hunger in the face of starvation, academic success, asexual behavior, and a history of extreme weight loss methods. Psychiatric characteristics include excessive dependency needs, developmental immaturity, behavior favoring isolation, obsessive-compulsive behavior, and constriction of effect. Anorexia nervosa is thought to result from psychological, stresses involving sexual development at puberty. There is also a high level of anxiety in patients who develop eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa.
             Anorexia Nervosa is a psychological disease that causes a patient to restrict food drastically or not eat food at all. It is carelessly called a 'slimmers disease'; actually, it is self-imposed starvation to lose weight. Classic anorexics believe they are heading towards the mythical 'perfect' body as demanded by society, and they believe that by controlling their bodies they are controlling their lives. For the most part, anorexia is a disease, which forms a pathological fear of becoming fat in the victim's head. This is a sense may not have been a threatening disease in it...