What is Anorexia?

Answer:
Anorexia is an eating disorder where people

starve themselves.

Anorexia usually begins at around the time of puberty. Someone suffering Anorexia can experience extreme losses of weight. People with Anorexia often have a body weight 15% below normal. People will be extremely thin but perceive themselves as overweight. The person may lose weight through several means, including the use of laxatives, exercising excessively, and not eating at all.

The eating habits of an anorexic develop from the fear of becoming overweight and it usually affects adolescent girls. People of higher socioeconomic classes and people involved in activities where being tin is looked upon as important, such running, dancing, and modeling are more likely to become anorexic.