Anorexia Nervosa
Recognizing the Problem Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that is associated with a negative relationship with eating. The characteristics of anorexia nervosa often include limiting or purging while controlling food consumption despite feelings of hunger which often results in a substantially low BMI (Nolen-Hoeksema & Jennings, 2023). This is often accompanied with extreme anxious feelings surrounding eating and the prospect of gaining weight or changes in physical appearance due to food consumption (Nolen-Hoeksema & Jennings, 2023). Additional characteristics often include an inaccurate depiction and unwarranted internal pressure of one’s body image and weight and subsequently not identifying the dangerousness surrounding being underweight (Nolen-Hoeksema & Jennings, 2023). These dangers include bone damage/ loss, lower heart rates, inconsistent heart rates, heart failure, low blood pressure, electrolyte instabilities, digestion concerns, liver concerns, loss of ...