'CASES OF ANOREXIA'

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The gaunt apperance of Julie was really obvious to everyone.

At the psychologists' Julie said there was no problem with her weight, she said she could more weight.

Julie admitted that everyday she would inspect her arms, thighs, legs and face for signs of fat.

Everything she ate she monitored and watched. Counting calories and fat content.

Julie weighed herself constantly. She checked the bathroom scales - they became her best friend.

What started as a simple diet soon became an obsession with food and weight.

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WHAT HAPPENS

(SYMPTOMS):

ANOREXIA NERVOSA

- obsessed with not eating food -

- fear of eating because will get fat-

- difficulty with activities around food-

- extreme emaciation (skeleton body)-

- mood swings and personality changes-

- emotional outbursts -

- no menstruation for women -

- proud of diet and control -

- denies that they are too thin -

- control over hunger-

- refusal to maintain normal weight-

- secondary medical complications-

- sexual difficulties-

BULIMIA NERVOSA

- binge eating -

- purging (vomiting or using laxatives) -

- excessive focus on body shape or weight -

- secretive of purges and bulimia -

- not good self esteem depression -

- lack of control over food -