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Some patients with anorexia nervosa are somewhat overweight prior to their illness and they give a history of initial dieting to reduce their weight. In a number of cases their food reduction is initially not severe and they have gradual weight loss without any interference with menstruation. After a period of perhaps a few months, they describe a relatively sudden change in their attitude to food; frequently they use the same words to describe this change: “Suddenly the diet took over.” They mean by this that they no longer feel they are in command of their eating habits and they feel as if something inside them is determining more dramatic reduction in food intake and consequently in weight also. From this point on, they frequently have no more menstrual periods.
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Mills, I.H., Medlicott, L. (1984). The Basis of Naloxone Treatment in Anorexia Nervosa and the Metabolic Responses to It. In: Pirke, K.M., Ploog, D. (eds) The Psychobiology of Anorexia Nervosa. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69594-0_15
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