Not really. For short, it is most commonly referred to as anorexia instead of its full name of anorexia nervosa. In slang terms (not medically recognized), it is referred to as "ana".
anorexia nervosa
Women.another response:adolescent girls
Wile there are multiple facts of anorexia, the two most common are restrictive and binge anorexia.
Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa. There are also many other types.
Most of the health consequences will more than likely be mental, since Anorexia is a disease of the mind, that is shown through the physical side effects. You're teeth won't go bad from the stomach acid like when someone is bulimic and puking constantly, but you'll probably have last effects, like thinking about going back to being anorexic, up to years after you're healthy again. This is different for everyone though.
anorexia nervosa
Women are more likely and most people from ages 11- 19 are more common to suffer either bulimia and anorexia nervosa, but adults can suffer from these eating disorders too.
The irrational fear of gaining weight as well as the desire to maintain a severely underweight body are symptoms of anorexia nervosa .
There are far more than 3 eating disroders out there. The three most common are anorexia, bulimia, and binge-eating / compulsive over eating.
If you are skinny when you look at yourself in the mirror you look super fat,and you star getting obssed and eating less then
That one is called anorexia nervosa. Bulimia involves the use of vomiting and/or laxatives to purge the food, though it is possible to be both anorexic and bulimic. Note that most bulimics appear to have normal weights, as they do not usually restrict the food to the extent that anorexics will.