Word: anorexia
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...Body Obsession, was published only four years ago. The book’s authors coined the term “The Adonis Complex” to encompass the widespread phenomenon of compulsive male body maintenance behavior, which ranges from muscle dysmorphic disorder (an obsessive desire to get bigger) to anorexia, bulimia and steroid abuse...
...Body Obsession, was published only four years ago. The book’s authors coined the term “The Adonis Complex” to encompass the widespread phenomenon of compulsive male body maintenance behavior, which ranges from muscle dysmorphic disorder (an obsessive desire to get bigger) to anorexia, bulimia and steroid abuse...
Overweight as a child, David C. Foster ’06 began his struggle with anorexia in seventh grade. At his worst point, in tenth grade, he weighed less than 120 pounds at 5’10. “I’ll never forget that,” Foster says. Now, he still weighs less than he did in sixth grade. He claims that “going to the gym is addictive once you start.” Foster considers himself fully recovered from anorexia, but he still watches what he eats and tries...
Knapp, who spoke of her sister’s 10-year struggle with anorexia, drew a direct causal link...
...don’t have any answers about the issue of body image, only experience,” Halliwell said as preface to her speech. “I’ve had all three [eating disorders]—anorexia, bulimia and overeating...