15%
What percent below ideal body weight is considered anorexic?
Psychiatric
Anorexia nervosa is the deadliest ______ disorder
Gymnastics and figure skating
What two sports are associated with anorexia nervosa?
Malnourished
Not eating causes a person to become _____
Low blood pressure, heart failure, damage to kidneys and liver, osteoporosis
Prolonged starvation leads to what health problems?
36%
Anorexia is increasing by how much ever 5 years?
8 million
How many people suffer from anorexia/bulimia
15-24
What ages are the most vulnerable to anorexia?
25%
Models have ____ less body weight than the average American woman who weights 140 pounds
2 out of 300
How many girls will develop anorexia/bulimia in the wake of puberty?
Serotonin
What plays a role in mood and appetite?
