See Anorexia.

An eating disorder marked by an intense fear of gaining weight, a refusal to maintain a healthy weight, and a distorted body image. People with anorexia nervosa have an abnormal loss of appetite for f [..]

 An eating disorder in which an individual weighs less than 85 percent of her or his expected weight but still controls eating because of a self-perception of obesity.

"emaciation as a result of severe emotional disturbance," coined 1873 by William W. Gull (1816-1890), who also proposed apepsia hysterica as a name for it. See anorexia.

A nutritional disorder that occurs in as many as 1% of individuals in a vulnerable population in which an individual refuses to maintain body weight over a minimal normal weight for age and height.

A disease characterized by a person’s sustained refusal to eat without any identifiable digestive system disorder; it was first identified and named in 1873.

an eating disorder, which occurs frequently in adolescent girls, involving the refusal of food, a drive for thinness, perceptual disturbances in the person's view of the body, amenorrhea, excessi [..]

Anorexia nervosa (often referred to as just anorexia) is a very serious, pathological loss of appetite and self induced limiting of food intake. Anorexia nervosa can lead to severe psychological, emot [..]

Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterised by excess control - a morbid fear of obesity leads the sufferer to try and limit or reduce their weight by excessive dieting, exercising, vomiting, [..]

A syndrome in which individuals severely deprive themselves of food.

an eating disorder caused by a person having a distorted body image and not consuming the appropriate calorie intake resulting in severe weight loss.

An eating disorder manifested primarily by a loss of desire or willingness to eat for a variety of psychological reasons.

We all need to eat to live. But some people worry so much about getting fat that they develop an eating disorder like anorexia. People with anorexia become very afraid of gaining weight. They may go o [..]

Anorexia is a serious condition that is due to a disturbed body image and self-imposed dietary limitation that usually leads to serious malnutrition. Weight loss can be either though greatly reduced e [..]

Self-induced starvation with at least 15 percent of original body weight lost. Victims also have amenorreah, fat phobia, and a severe distortion of body image.

An Eating Disorder that is characterized by the lack or loss of Appetite, known as Anorexia. Other features include excess Fear of becoming Overweight; Body Image disturbance; significant Weight Loss; [..]

An eating disorder that is characterized by the lack or loss of APPETITE, known as ANOREXIA. Other features include excess fear of becoming OVERWEIGHT; BODY IMAGE disturbance; significant WEIGHT LOSS; [..]

Syndrome characterized by a refusal of the person to maintain a minimally normal body weight, an intense fear of being overweight, and a misperception of one's own body size or shape.

an eating disorder in which people intentionally starve themselves. It causes extreme weight loss, which the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) [..]

An abnormal loss of the appetite for food. Anorexia can be caused by cancer, AIDS, a mental disorder (i.e., anorexia nervosa), or other diseases.

An eating disorder characterised a misperception of body image. Individuals with anorexia nervosa often believe they are overweight even when they are grossly underweight. (27 Sep 1997)

Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by emaciation – extreme, dangerous thinness – that results from abnormal eating habits. Individuals suffering from anorexia have a distorted body i [..]

An eating disorder characterized by self starvation due to an irrational fear of gaining weight.

 Marked reduction in the intake of food, caused by psychogenic factors and leading to malnutrition and amenorrhea.

A psychological disorder of body image in which the individual feels overweight regardless of actual weight. Persons affected by this disorder have a fear of gaining weight and may use excessive exercise, laxatives and/or skipping of meals in order to achieve what they perceive as an ideal body weight and image. Complications may include nutritiona [..]

Dangerous condition in which victims lose interest in eating and become dangerously thin; usually associated with false beliefs about being too fat.

a syndrome of deficient appetite, deficient nutritional intake, and emaciation ending possibly in death from self-starvation. It may alternate with bulimia. [XX Might not these be manifestations of hy [..]