Weight loss, leading to body weight at least 15 percent below normal for a given age and height
Avoidance by the sufferer of fattening food, provoking vomiting, using laxatives, undergoing exhaustive exercise, using appetite suppressants or diuretics-setting one’s body weight standard
Perceiving oneself as an obese person and fear of getting fat-fear of obesity becomes an intrusive overriding thought
Endocrine disorders, which in women manifest themselves in the disappearance of menstruation, and in men in the loss of sexual interest and potency. Finding elevated levels of growth hormone changes in thyroid metabolism and impaired insulin secretion
