Anorexia Nervosa (also Called Anorexia) at Medical Glossary

What is it? an eating disorder in which people intentionally starve themselves. It causes extreme weight loss, which the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), defines as at least 15 percent below the individuals

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