Understanding Anorexia: Types, Causes, and Demographics

What is the primary characteristic of anorexia nervosa?

Describe what the term "anorexia" means, based on its Greek origin.

Identify some circumstances that may contribute to anorexia.

What age ranges are most commonly associated with anorexia?

Briefly describe the restrictive type of anorexia.

The image states that 5 out of 100 women in Spain suffer from anorexia. What percentage of women is this?

What is the average age of anorexia patients according to the image?

What are the two types of anorexia as indicated in the image?

Provide an alternative term for 'inhibited sexual desire' as it relates to anorexia.

Besides dieting and exercise, what behaviors characterize the purgative type of anorexia?

Restrictive Anorexia

Anorexia is an eating disorder defined as the lack of appetite, stemming from the Greek words "a-/an" (negation) + "órexis" (appetite, hungry, desire).

Nervous Anorexia: self-induced weight loss accompanied by a distorted body image.
Trigger: anomalous concern for body shape and weight, as well as excessive control of food intake.
Sexual Anorexia (anaphrodisia): inhibited sexual desire characterized by a low level of sexual interest.
Trigger: self-concept of little or no sexual appeal, denial of success, pleasure, and love, fear of rejection, and difficulty expressing sexual desire

Restrictive: attempts to decrease weight through diet and physical exercise, without self-induced vomiting or drug use.
Purgative: involves diet, exercise, as well as the provocation of vomiting and use of medications.