Part one of term paper
Could you imagine being so afraid of food and the possibility of gaining weight that you would actually starve yourself? Food and eating are pleasures of everyday life we take for granted. Having the life of an Anorexic person fills you with the constant fear of one thing….becoming fat. Eating disorders such as Anorexia Nervosa are sl ...

Part two of term paper
... were very similar. One was an eight-teen yr. old girl and the other was a six-teen yr. old boy. Both subjects had similar symptoms. They both had a strong lack of appetite, sensitivity to coldness, and extreme sadness. The girl eventually starved herself to death; however, the boy did recover (Gordon 12-13). Through out the centuries there have been many cases of girls “fasting”, and not due to religious purposes. In the 1870’s the disorder became a topic of more medical c ...