This condition is characterized by the persistent obsession of controlling the amount of food eaten, because they are terrified to gain weight and have a distorted perception of their bodies. As anorexic people avoid at all costs to eat the basic nutrients this might affect their lifestyle.
Some of the symptoms of Anorexia are avoiding eating to the point of malnutrition, throwing up the food they might have eaten, abuse of laxatives or over working out.
Also, people with Anorexia are extremely thin, they have dry skin, women don’t get their period, losing hair, sensibility, anxiety, and sometimes depression.

Diagnosis

Clinical criteria for the diagnosis of anorexia nervosa include the following:

• Restriction in food intake resulting in significantly low body weight
• Fear of excessive weight gain or obesity (specifically stated by the patient or manifested in behavior that interferes with weight gain)
• Altered body image (misperception of body weight and/or appearance) or denial of disease severity.