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Anorexia isn't just a problem with food or weight. It's an attempt to use food and weight to deal with emotional problems
*Anorexia is more than just a problem with food. It is a way of using food or starving oneself to feel more in control of life and to ease tension, anger, and anxiety. Most people with anorexia are female.<ref>[http://www.4women.gov/faq/easyread/anorexia-etr.htm]</ref>
*Anorexia is more than just a problem with food. It is a way of using food or starving oneself to feel more in control of life and to ease tension, anger, and anxiety. Most people with anorexia are female.<ref>[http://www.4women.gov/faq/easyread/anorexia-etr.htm]</ref>
*People with anorexia are obsessed with being thin. They lose a lot of weight and are terrified of gaining weight. They believe they are fat even though they are very thin. Anorexia isn't just a problem with food or weight. It's an attempt to use food and weight to deal with emotional problems.<ref> [http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=By_Illness&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=102975 National Alliance on Mental Illness]</ref>
== Epidemiology of Anorexia ==
== Epidemiology of Anorexia ==