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Anorexia
People with anorexia are obsessed with weight lose. They don’t want to eat (actually they don’t eat) and are afraid to gain weight. They are continuously worried about how many calories they have consumed and how much fat is in the food they eat. They usually use diet pills, laxatives, or diuretics to loose weight. Sometimes they over exercise.
People who have anorexia think they are too fat, but reality is that they are too thin; they even see themselves in the mirror as over weight. People who have anorexia can be so skinny that they look sick.
Some warning signs to look for in a person with anorexia are: 20% under normal weight, denies feeling hungry, excessive exercising, feeling over weight, and isolate themselves from social activities.
If it’s not treated, anorexia can cause the following health problems:
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