Discuss the view than anorexia nervosa is biologically determined

... Discuss the view than anorexia nervosa is biologically determined Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterised by he individual being severely underweight. The biological approach states that the causes of anorexia resemble those of physical illnesses, and there is some evidence that infection, genetic factors, biochemistry or neuroatomy may account fro anorexia. It also assumes that symptoms can be described, leading to the diagnosis of anorexia. So if someone had amenorrhoea, a body image distortion, and was severely underweight you could classify them as anorexic. It is possible that physical illness may act as a precipitating factor in anorexia nervosa. Park, Lawrie, and Freeman studied four females suffering from anorexia, all of whom had had glandular fever or a similar disease shortly before the onset of the eating disorder, however this is only a small sample, so the evidence is not sufficient. There is also a lot of evidence that

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