... were defined and isolated by William Withey Gull, a doctor from London and medical adviser of Queen Victoria. Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder in which a normal-weight person diets and becomes significantly (15% or more) underweight, yet, still feeling fat, continues to starve. The disorder almost exclusively affects individuals who are females (90%), white (99%) and from 15-24 years old (60%) and of high or median socio-economy classes (75%). (Garner & Garfinkel, 1997) DSM-IV specifies two subtypes of anorexia nervosa: the restricting type who strictly diet and the binge-eating-purging type who rely on purging. Individuals in the later subtype are more likely to engage in impulsive behavior and also have more mood variations. As medical consequences to anorexia, anorexics commonly experience cessation of menstruation (amenorrhea).They also have dry skin, brittle hair or nails, lanugo (downy hair on the limbs and cheeks), and cardiovascular problems such as low ...

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