Anorexia treatment – help for residential eating disorder treatment

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Anorexia Treatment – Help for Residential Eating Disorder Treatment

Anorexia is a complex eating disorder with 3 main features: 1. Refusal to maintain a healthy body weight 2. An intense fear of gaining weight 3. A distorted body image

Anorexia brings Depression, Emotional Trauma, Loneliness, Insecurity, Pressure to be perfect, etc. with it. Due to Anorexia, highest deaths have been recorded as compared to any other illness. Research suggests that about 1 percent of female adolescents have anorexia. Anorexia starts during or around the time of puberty and that is called Teen Anorexia Anorexia in Teens is fatal as it could cause premature death. Young women with anorexia are 12 times more likely to die than are other women the same age that doesn’t have anorexia. There are two types of anorexia: • Restricting Type – weight loss is achieved by restricting calories • Purging Type – weight loss is achieved by vomiting or using laxatives and

diuretics.


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