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Anorexia Nervosa

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Advances in Clinical Child Psychology

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Anorexia nervosa, literally translated, means a nervous loss of appetite. However, as research on this disorder has evolved, it has become clear that anorexics do indeed experience strong physiological and cognitive feelings of hunger and an intense preoccupation with food (Garfinkel, 1974). Other research has indicated that as long as caloric consumption remains above a level of approximately 200 calories per day, persons who are starving for whatever reason will experience sensations of hunger (Leon, 1976). A pertinent question to raise in studying anorexia nervosa is why the anorexic finds reinforcement in this particular behavior pattern despite the many immediate aversive consequences of being hungry, emaciated, and starving. A review of the current literature on this disorder may help put this issue in perspective.

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