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3 unusual facts about anorexia


Anorexia

Sexual anorexia, a lack of "appetite" for romantic-sexual interaction

Anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder of excessive weight loss and usually undue concern about body shape

Anorexia mirabilis, People who would starve themselves, sometimes to the death, for the sake of piety.


Cherry Boone

Boone came to public attention after the death of her friend, pop singer Karen Carpenter, who died in 1983, from complications arising from anorexia nervosa.

Kate Carnell

As a teenager she struggled with anorexia and was sent to recover away from her parents at Sydney Hospital.

Lori Gottlieb

As a child, she suffered from anorexia; according to her memoir, Stick Figure, her illness was resolved after being threatened with force-feeding.

Maudsley Family Therapy

is a family therapy for the treatment of anorexia nervosa devised by Christopher Dare and colleagues at the Maudsley Hospital in London.

Oliviero Toscani

In September 2007, a new campaign against anorexia was again controversial due to his shocking photography of an emaciated woman (Isabelle Caro).

Supersize vs Superskinny

Also, she discovered Diabulimia and spoke to Isabelle Caro, a French actress, renowned for her underweight figure and anorexia campaign.

Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia

Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia is an autobiography written by Marya Hornbacher, detailing her fourteen-year battle with eating disorders.


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