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Defined as:
Refusal to maintain body weight at or above a
minimally normal weight for age and height (e.g., weight loss
leading to maintenance of body weight less than 85% of that
expected; or failure to make expected weight gain during period of
growth, leading to body weight less than 85% of that expected).
Symptoms:
Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, even though
underweight.
Disturbance in the way in which one's body weight or shape is
experienced, undue influence of body weight or shape on
self-evaluation, or denial of the seriousness of the current low
body weight.
In postmenarcheal females, amenorrhea, i.e., the absence of at
least three consecutive menstrual cycles. (A woman is considered to
have amenorrhea if her periods occur only following hormone, e.g.,
estrogen, administration)
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