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Anorexia

The eating disorder that I choose to analyze for this report is anorexia. This is seen in many people's eyes to be the most deadly mental illness there is. Around 1,000 people a year die from this disorder in which people are starving themselves because they have an overwhelming fear of gaining weight.
Females are much more likely than males to develop this eating disorder. Only one out of three people diagnosed with this disorder are male. The mortality rate among people with anorexia has been estimated at 0.56 percent per year, or approximately 5.6 percent per decade, which is about 12 times higher than the annual death rate due to all causes of death among females ages 15-24 in the general population. The disorder, which usually begins in young people around the time of puberty, involves extreme weight loss, at least 15 percent below the individual's normal body weight.
There are two different types of anorexics; the restricting type and the binge......

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