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Explain in detail the term Anorexia Nervosa.

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Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by refused to maintain a healthy body weight and an obsessive fear of gaining weight, often coupled with a distorted self-image which may be maintained by various cognitive biases that alter how the affected individual evaluates and think about her or his body, food and eating.

Persons with anorexia nervosa continue to feel hunger, but deny themselves all but very small quantities of food. The average caloric intake of a person with anorexia nervosa is 600-800 calories per day, but there are extreme cases of complete self-starvation.

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