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anorexia

[an-uh-rek-see-uh] / ˌæn əˈrɛk si ə /
NOUN
anorexia nervosa
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They also want to see whether the same brain circuits are involved in eating disorders more broadly, including in anorexia.

From Science Magazine

You can’t just push someone with anorexia to eat more, or someone with binge eating disorder to get more willpower.

From Seattle Times

Her experience with anorexia was well documented and she even discussed it openly in a book she released a few years later.

From BBC

Never mind that the Mayo Clinic defines anorexia as “an eating disorder characterized by an abnormally low body weight.”

From Washington Times

She returned recently to a film script she began when she was 14, a project inspired partly by her own experience with anorexia nervosa.

From New York Times