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Eating disorder
An eating disorder is a
compulsion in which the main
problem is a person eats in
a way which disturbs their
physical health. The eating
may be too excessive
(compulsive over-eating),
too limited (restricting),
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Bulimia nervosa
Bulimia nervosa, more
commonly known as bulimia,
is an eating disorder. It is
a psychological condition in
which the subject engages in
recurrent binge eating
followed by intentionally
doing one or more of the
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Appetite
The appetite is the desire
to eat food, felt as hunger.
Appetite is regulated by a
close interplay between the
digestive tract, adipose
tissue and the brain.
Decreased desire to eat is
termed anorexia, while
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Anorexia nervosa
Anorexia nervosa is an
eating disorder
characterized by voluntary
starvation and exercise
stress. Anorexia nervosa is
a complex disease, involving
psychological, sociological
and physiological
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