Can you be anorexic without knowing it?!


Question: Can you be anorexic without knowing it!?
Lately I have not been able to eat as much wihtout feeling as though i am "stuffed" I am very worried about my weight but I would never stop eating!. I just feel queasy around food after i eat some!. It started yesterday!. I am 14 and have add and High funtioning autism but i am not on any medication!.Www@Answer-Health@Com


Answers:
Anorexia nervosa is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes an eating disorder characterized by low body weight and body image distortion with an obsessive fear of gaining weight!. Individuals with anorexia are known to commonly control body weight through the means of voluntary starvation, purging, vomiting, excessive exercise, or other weight control measures, such as diet pills or diuretic drugs!. It primarily affects adolescent females, however approximately 10% of people with the diagnosis are male!. Anorexia nervosa is a complex condition, involving psychological, neurobiological, and sociological components!.[1]

The term anorexia is of Greek origin: a (



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