Anorexia nervosa is a psychiatric illness that describes an eating disorder, characterized by extreme low body weight and body image distortion with an obsessive fear of gaining weight.
Individuals with anorexia are known to control body weight commonly through the means of voluntary starvation, purging, excessive exercise or other weight control measures, such as diet pills.
Behavioral
* Excessive exercise, food restriction
* Secretive about eating or exercise behavior
* Fainting
* Self-harm, substance abuse or suicide attempts
* Very sensitive to references about body weight
* Aggressive when forced to eat "forbidden" foods
Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by recurrent binge eating, followed by compensatory behaviors referred to as "purging".[1] The most common form—practiced by more than 75% of people with bulimia nervosa—is self-induced vomiting; fasting, the use of laxatives, enemas, diuretics, and over exercising are also common.
Acknowledgments to wikipedia
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SO people! Please stop saying i have anorexia and i make myself vomit etc.
And there's a difference between anorexia and bulimia! Yup.
You know: About 10% of anorexic people are MALE. So men get it too.
Please don't come to funny conclusions :)
