Part one of term paper
is refereed to as the self-starvation syndrome. The patients of this disease manifest themselves in an extreme aversion to food and can cause psychological, endocrine and gynecological problems. It affects both male and female, but most of the patients are adolescent girls, with symptoms involving a refusal to eat, large weight loss, a bizar ...

Part two of term paper
... person with anorexia may begin to diet in order to lose just a few pounds. But, they don't stop dieting there, and an abnormal concern with dieting is established. Nobody knows what triggers the disease process, but suddenly, losing five to ten pounds is not enough, the anorectic patients becomes intent on losing weight. It is not uncommon for someone who develops the disorder to starve itself, until she weighs just 60 or 70 pounds. Throughout the starvation process, the patients either deny being h ...