Question

What is the medical condition where a person has an intense fear of gaining weight and restricts their food intake?

Answer 1

Anorexia is when a person always feels that they are fat and are desperate to lose weight. They starve themselves and starve themselves and never lose the feeling of being fat. It is a very serious disease.

Answer 2

A person who does not eat, not on occassion but never

Answer 3

its an eating disorder where someone thinks they are fat so they dont eat much trying to loose weight when in fact they are underweight.

Answer 4

Anorexia (deriving from the Greek όρεξη (orexe) = appetite) is the decreased sensation of appetite. While the term in non-scientific publications is often used interchangably with one of its subtypes, anorexia nervosa, there are many possible causes for a decreased appetite, some of which may be harmless while others pose significant risk for the person.

Answer 5

Anorexia is a condition during which the victim refuses to eat. It could be caused by depression among other psychosomatic reasons.. . Often, anorectic people (mostly women) feel "obese" and "unattractive", even shortly before they die of starvation. The skin and bones reflection they have on the mirror, they actually perceive as overweight.. . Anorexia can lead to death, and professional help should be sought at first symptoms. Family and friends should also step in, because the victims often deny they have a problem.

Answer 6

a person who has a fear of being overweight, and therefore doesnt eat so that they can be sure they dont gain weight and then the body takes nutrients out of exesting body parts (like muscles and sometimes organs) and suffers from extreme malnutrition

Answer 7

It's an eating disorder which causes you to have no appetite and not eat.