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How many people in the UK are affected by anorexia?

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According to Smink et al (2012), what percentage of people suffer from anorexia?

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Match the diagnostic criteria with the descriptions.

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distorted body image; overestimation of body weight; low self esteem
Restricting food intake; deliberate weight loss; less than 85% of normal weight
intense fear of weight gain; obsession with nutritional values; excessive exercise

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Different regions of the brain control different functions. The main area involved in AN is the

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part of the limbic system. It is responsible for controlling

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as well as behaviours involving emotion, memory, sexual function etc. One of the functions is to regulate

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and malfunction can result in

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of food and also

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eating. The main areas involved within the HP are the

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lateral

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H which releases chemicals to signal hunger, and the

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H which supresses hunger. In AN, the

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gets stuck in the ON position so the sufferer has

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feelings of hunger, due to the excess of the hormone

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and the deficit of the hormone

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