... pattern plus a balanced diet is needed for balanced nutrition. Some methods of treatment are available which teach patients to look for reasons behind their emotional conflict and seek a better, less harmful, method to help them. Anorexia is a condition whereby the person starves themselves to achieve their ideal body shape. The methods used are drastic, including; massive reduction of their food intake, excessive exercise work outs, regular vomiting to bring up any food they may have eaten and consumption of laxatives to speed up the journey of food through the digestive system. This condition affects both sexes, but a majority of sufferers are women. 15 women to 1 man are thought to suffer from anorexia. The Eating Disorders Association conducted research in 2000 and found that 3% of the female population of the UK, that use the medical services, were sufferers of the illness. Male sufferers constituted 5% of ...

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