Did you know that Anorexia Nervosa continues to have the highest mortality of all psychiatric conditions?

Did you know that Anorexia Nervosa is a psychological and possibly life-threatening eating disorder defined by an extremely low body weight?

Did you know that Anorexia Nervosa is an extreme and needless weight loss, illogical fear of weight gain, and distorted perception of self-image and body?

 Did you know that Isabelle Caro French model died from Anorexia nervosa she was 28?

Did you know that Isabelle Caro was a French model from Marseille, France, who became well-known after appearing in a controversial ad campaign "No Anorexia"?

Oliviero Toscani

Did you know that Caro was photographer Oliviero Toscani with vertebrae and facial bones showing under her skin which helped bring attention to her Anorexia?

Did you know that Isabelle Caro was 28 when she died?(12 September 1982 – 17 November 2010)

  Did you know that Caro suffered from severe anorexia nervosa from the age of 13?^[3]

Did you know that Caro anorexia was caused by what she called a "troubled childhood"?

Did you know when Caro appeared on CBS's The Insider, it was revealed that at the worst of her eating disorder, she weighed only 25 kilograms which is (55 lb; 3 st 13 lb) at a height of 1.65 metres (5 ft 5 in); her most recent weight was 33 kilograms (73 lb; 5 st 3 lb)?

Did you know that Caro appeared on Channel 4's Supersize vs Superskinny which aired on 11 March Anna Richardson about her anorexia?

Anna Richardson

2008, in which she spoke to journalist

Did you know that Caro was hospitalized for the first time when she was 20?

Did you know that Caro at her worst, in 2006, she slipped into a coma, weighing just 25 kilograms (55 lb; 3 st 13 lb). The doctor said she would not survive the coma but she did?

^{Did you know that Karen Carpenter, a singer who long suffered unpublicized struggle with anorexia died in 1983, succumbing to heart failure brought on by her illness?}

Did you know that Anorexia Nervosa effects women and men who suffer from  exemplify a fixation with a thin figure and abnormal eating patterns?

Did you know that Anorexia Nervosa is interchangeable with the term anorexia, which refers to self-starvation and lack of appetite?

Did you know that there are two common types of anorexia?

• Did you know that the Binge/Purge Type – The individual suffering from this type of eating disorder, will purge when he or she eats. This is typically a result of the overwhelming feelings of guilt a sufferer would experience in relation to eating; they compensate by vomiting, abusing laxatives, or excessively exercising?
• Did you know that there  is the Restrictive – In this form, the individual will fiercely limit the quantity of food consumed, characteristically ingesting a minimal amount that is well below their body’s caloric needs, effectively slowly starving him or herself?

Did you know that though two classifications of anorexia nervosa exist, both types exhibit similar symptoms, such as irrational fear of weight gain and abnormal eating patterns?

Did you know that Anorexia Nervosa examples factors that would

contribute to this eating disorder are:

• The effects of the thinness culture in media, that constantly reinforce thin people as ideal stereotypes
• Professions and careers that promote being thin and weight loss, such as ballet and modeling
• Family and childhood traumas: childhood sexual abuse, severe trauma
• Peer pressure among friends and co-workers to be thin or be sexy.

Did you know that Anorexia Nervosa continues to have the highest mortality of all psychiatric conditions?

Did you know that most women struggling with anorexia are battling anxiety, depression, and substance abuse?

Did you know that 100 million Americans are dieting at any given time?

Did you know that Anorexia Nervosa also effects women causing Amenorrhea which is defined as the absence of the menstrual cycle in a woman of childbearing age?

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