Anorexia Nervosa: Cause and Prevention

DOI

10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_95How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Eating disorder; Illness; Etiology; Treatment

Abstract

Anorexia nervosa, as a kind of eating disorder, can cause people to have excessive worries about their body weights and shapes; the distorted thinking of one’s body image can also damage their physical and psychological well-being. It can be seen that the disorder affects people on a large scale. To raise the public’s awareness of the disorder, this article provides an overview of anorexia nervosa, including its etiology, impacts, treatments, and recommendations for future development. Although a wealth of existing research has discussed anorexia nervosa from a broad range, this article provides a generalized discussion on anorexia nervosa with novel ideas. By reviewing established studies on the disorder, the article concludes a number of risk factors of anorexia nervosa from biological, psychological, and environmental perspectives. The article also discusses the impacts of anorexia nervosa on individuals on both intrapersonal and interpersonal levels with recommendations for treatment: nutritional intervention, cognitive-behavioural therapy, family-based therapy, pharmacological treatment, and surgical treatment. Since there are more female patients with anorexia nervosa than males, suggestions were made in the final analysis for future research on anorexia nervosa in relation to gender differences. Overall, the paper offers a comprehensive introduction of anorexia nervosa to the public with new thoughts.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Rongruo Li
AU  - Jiarui Liu
AU  - Menghan Sun
AU  - Zhiyao Yan
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/02/13
TI  - Anorexia Nervosa: Cause and Prevention
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 4th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 753
EP  - 759
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_95
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_95
ID  - Li2023
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