Affective
- Lacking emotion
- Depressive mood
- Fear of gaining weight
- Irritability
Behavioral
According to Mayo Clinic, some symptoms include
Others include
- Refusal to eat, denial of hunger
- Lying about how much food has been eaten
- Excessive exercise
- Social withdrawal
- Possible use of laxatives, diet aids or herbal products
Others include
- Being secretive about food and avoiding the topic
- Giving excuses as to why they are not eating
- Missing meals on purpose
- Cutting their food into smaller pieces in order to make it look like they ate
- Avoiding meals with the company of others
Cognitive
- Preoccupying oneself with food
- Losing interest in sex
- Distorted body image (when one sees the body as overweight even if they are underweight)
- Lowered self-esteem and self-worth
- Perfectionist tendencies (never thinking they are thin enough)
Somatic
- Having a weight that is 85% less than the expected weight
According to Mayo Clinic, some other symptoms include
- Extreme weight loss
- Thin appearance
- Abnormal blood counts
- Fatigue
- Insomnia,
- Dizziness or fainting,
- Bluish discoloration of the fingers
- Hair that thins, breaks or falls out
- Soft, downy hair covering the body
- Absence of menstruation, constipation
- Dry skin
- Intolerance of cold
- Irregular heart rhythms
- Low blood pressure
- Dehydration
- Osteoporosis
- Swelling of arms or legs
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