Anorexia Anorexia is dangerous to the mental and physical aspects in order to achieve the idea of thinness. It is an emotional disorder involving compulsive self-starvation that result in a person being 15% under their normal weight. Anorexia Nervosa means nervous loss of appetite. It doesn’t necessary mean they lose their “appetite.” Frankenberger page 37 says, “ Anorexics experience severe hunger pains. They fear that they will gain weight which effects their eating habits. The resistance of …showed first 75 words of 534 total…

…showed last 75 words of 534 total…an intolerance to cold temperatures because of loss of fatty tissues as well as , lower body temperatures. Some will take possession of bathroom scales and won’t let anyone on it , as fear that it will throw their weight off. They may forbid others to bring certain foods to the house , such as butter in the refrigerator with their diet products. Anorexics may become obsessively nead and expect others to live up to their lifestyle.