2. What Is Anorexia?
• A lack or loss of appetite for food (as a medical condition).
• An emotional disorder characterized by an obsessive
desire to lose weight by refusing to eat.
• Refusing to maintain a healthy body weight
• An intense fear of gaining weight
• A distorted body image

3. Types Of Anorexia
Binge/Purging Anorexia
• Forced vomiting after eating
• Emotions about being overweight
Restrictive Anorexia
• Limiting amount of food (almost
none)
• Emotions about being overweight
• Over exercising to get rid of fat

4. Health Risks Of Anorexia
Heart Failure
Becoming cold easily
Diarrhea
Low Blood Pressure
Irregular heart rhythms
Mental health issues
Osteoporosis-brittle bones that are easily
fractured
Death.

5. Are you anorexic?
• Do you feel fat even though people tell you you’re not?
• Are you terrified of gaining weight?
• Do you lie about how much you eat or hide your eating
habits from others?
• Are your friends or family concerned about your weight loss,
eating habits, or appearance?
• Do you diet, compulsively exercise, or purge when you’re
feeling overwhelmed or bad about yourself?
• Do you feel powerful or in control when you go without food,
over-exercise, or purge?
• Do you base your self-worth on your weight or body size?

6. Facts
• Up to 24 million people of
all ages and genders
suffer from an eating
disorder in the U.S.A
• 95% of those who have
eating disorders are
between the ages of 12
and 25
• 15% die due to suicide or
starvation
• It can take 5-6 years to

7. Bibliography
• http://www.anorexiasurvivalguide.com/anorexia_typ
es.htm
• http://www.helpguide.org/mental/anorexia_signs_sy
mptoms_causes_treatment.htm
• http://www.anad.org/get-information/about-eating-
disorders/eating-disorders-statistics/
• http://anorexia.emedtv.com/anorexia/health-risks-of-
anorexia.html
• http://web4health.info/it/ed-dia-anorexia-
character.htm