Anorexia Nervosa - Facts, symptoms and treatment of the eating disorder Anorexia

What is Anorexia Nervosa

 

Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by voluntary starvation and exercise stress. Anorexia nervosa is a complex disease, involving psychological and sociological components. A person who is suffering from anorexia is referred to as 'anorexic' or (less commonly) 'anorectic'. "Anorectic" is the noun form, where "anorexic" is the adjectival form. These two are often used incorrectly when applied. Although technically incorrect, the term is frequently shortened to anorexia, which simply refers to the medical symptom of lost appetite. In this article, for the purpose of brevity, anorexia will be used in the place of anorexia nervosa.


Anorectic can also refer to appetite-suppressing drugs.
Sometimes the condition is called variously cibophobia, sitophobia, translated as "aversion to food".

 

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