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Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that mainly affects girls but boys can still suffer from it. Anorexia nervosa starts in the early teens and surveys suggest 1 per cent of school girls and uni students have anorexia nervosa. The disease is most common in the western part of the world and woman are more at risk of developing it especially woman who model or ballet dance they are people who constantly watch there weight. Some …

…and there feelings and beliefs. If there weight loss becomes serious they should be admitted to hospital. Treatments used for this kind of weight lose are individual psychological therapy, family therapy and drug therapy using antidepressants. Anorexia Nervosa is a mental illness of the mind which the person it self thinks they are fat and stop’s eating. The cause of anorexia is still unknown but social and biological factors play a part in it.