The word anorexia comes from the Greek "ἀνορεξία", composed of the prefix "a" that refers to "privative" and the word "orexis" which means "appetite" or "desire", therefore the word can be described as "the lack of appetite ”or“ lack of appetite ”. Anorexia is a medical term used to describe that disease or disorder that affects the eating behavior of a certain individual. In other words, anorexia is the abnormal lack or deprivation of the desire to eat food, related to a depressive condition, which can be serious, and is generally suffered by women during the adolescence stage.
Anorexia is a problem that can lead to excessive weight loss, caused by the affected person and that leads to a complete state of starvation. This disorder is usually characterized by an exaggerated fear of gaining weight, since he also has a distorted perception and delusional image of his own body, observing himself fat, when his weight is, many times, well below the recommended. And it is for this reason that the patient begins with a great decrease in weight through deprivation of food intake or fasting.
According to certain sources, this disease attacks first of all with the psyche and then manifests itself in the body of the person. As previously stated, it is a disorder that in the greatest of cases affects adolescent women but it can also occur in men, although it is less common. The malnutrition or emaciation of the individual who suffers from this disease can reach subhuman limits so much so that they can impact to such an extent the people around them; but even so, the patient looks and feels obese and feels the need to continue losing weight and dieting.
The causes of anorexia are unknown, but it may be that social factors may influence the triggering of this behavior; In addition, other factors that can influence are: the individual's own obesity, maternal obesity or a series of personal problems such as school failures, accidents, death of a family member, separation from parents, etc.
