Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Eating disorder needs to be addressed

India Today
CHEENU PRASHAR
Consulting Dietician, Max Healthcare, Delhi

Anorexia nervosa is a condition characterised by a refusal to maintain a minimal normal body weight ( defined as 15 per cent below average weight for height), voluntary self-starvation and an intense fear of becoming fat. These individuals achieve abnormally low weight by severely dieting, fasting and often by exercising compulsively. Most cases (90 per cent) are female, coming from the upper or middle class.

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Do you think it is more or less difficult to help someone from India coping with an ED? Does research from other parts of the world help or hinder this recovery?


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