Word: nervosa
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bulimia Nervosa...
...truth was almost beyond our comprehension. Aaron was suffering from anorexia nervosa...
...will not solve the problem. Perhaps Mr. Cucci is unaware of just how many college students, mostly women, spend time worrying about their weight. According to a recent study, as many as 30 percent of women in college and graduate school show symptoms of an eating disorder like anorexia nervosa or bulimia. Many of these women would fall into the category of those whom the author feels could use "some toning or trimming...
Clinical manuals characterize anorexia nervosa as "a phobic avoidance of food" in the presence of a loss of about 15 percent of one's body weight. Bulimia, on the other hand, is associated with the cycle of uncontrolled eating ("binging") and subsequent ridding of the body of unwanted food ("purging...
YOUNG women in America are beset by what might be considered a plague. According to medical estimates, as many as 20 percent of female adolescents suffer from the eating disorders of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. But "eating disorders" is a misnomer; these conditions are actually psychological disorders finding physical manifestations...