are people born with this condition? is it mental?
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are people born with this condition? is it mental?
Anorexia nervosa, more commonly known as anorexia, is both an eating disorder and a metabolic condition that results in excessive weight-loss and extreme thinness caused by self-starvation. It is estimated that approximately 2 percent of American females and 0.3 percent of males will develop anorexia during their lifetime, based on research collected by the National Eating Disorders Association. Though it most commonly affects adolescent girls and women, anorexia can develop in anyone of any gender, age, race, or cultural background. It is not mental, but pschological.
Trying to stay as thin as possible by routinely refusing to eat is not a normal lifestyle choice. It’s an eating disorder that can eventually break down your mental and physical health to the point where the starvation can be fatal.