How to Use anorexia nervosa in a Sentence

anorexia nervosa

noun
  • Within a year, I was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa — a disorder that wreaked havoc on my mind and body for many years to come.
    — Mallary Tenore Tarpley, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
  • This includes anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating.
    — Anuradha Varanasi, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The story outlined the experiences of a young girl who was admitted to the hospital with anorexia nervosa.
    — Marija Butkovic, Forbes, 11 July 2022
  • Tarpley was admitted to the hospital at 13 and diagnosed with anorexia nervosa.
    — Alicia Garceau, NPR, 10 Aug. 2025
  • The three most common types of eating disorders are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder.
    — Mayo Clinic News Network, chicagotribune.com, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Born in New York City in 1943, Glück struggled with anorexia nervosa as a teenager and young adult.
    — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Kace Boland, a former college athlete, was diagnosed with restrictive type anorexia nervosa at age 18.
    — Christie Calucchia, Glamour, 7 Mar. 2023
  • With a 5 percent mortality rate, anorexia nervosa is one of the deadliest psychiatric illnesses in the world.
    — Ashley Andreou, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The three most common eating disorders are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder.
    — Kendall Powell, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2021
  • These disorders include anorexia nervosa, bulimia and binge eating disorder, the alliance said.
    — Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 20 Apr. 2021
  • That heart-wrenching statistic applies specifically to anorexia nervosa, which causes a person to severely limit their food intake.
    — Sarah Klein, Health.com, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Nine years ago, JD Oullette nearly lost her daughter Kinsey, then 17, to a near-fatal bout with anorexia nervosa.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Two large plans covered nutritional counseling for diseases such as diabetes but not for mental disorders like anorexia nervosa or bulimia.
    — Sandhya Raman, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Mar. 2022
  • The main symptom of anorexia nervosa is a significant weight loss—usually around 15% of a person's body weight, according to Vazzana.
    — Colleen Murphy, Health.com, 24 Feb. 2021
  • The 11 additional conditions that now qualify for medical cannabis use include chronic pain, anorexia nervosa and autism.
    — Jamie Munks, chicagotribune.com, 12 Aug. 2019
  • Within months of completing the assignment, Ana was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa and hospitalized.
    — Mallary Tenore Tarpley, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Weed also did not improve other mental health conditions such as anorexia nervosa, bipolar disorder or psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
  • In 2017, Hennie Thomson checked herself into a hospital for six weeks of in-patient treatment for anorexia nervosa.
    — Kendall Powell, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Watching mukbang could also negatively impact people on the other side of the disordered eating spectrum—those with a tendency to under-consume, as is the case with anorexia nervosa.
    — Sarah Garone, Health, 4 May 2023
  • The most common eating disorders, Mayo Clinic says, are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder.
    — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2019
  • Watch for eating disorders The most common eating disorders are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder.
    — Rochelle Koff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Karen Carpenter’s death in 1983 was attributed to heart failure caused by an eating disorder, anorexia nervosa, leaving her legacy frozen in time.
    — al, 28 Jan. 2022
  • About 1 in 4 people with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa will attempt to kill themselves, and those with anorexia have a risk of death by suicide 31 times higher than peers without the disorder.
    — April Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The pressure to reach perfection led Stoner to eating disorders like anorexia nervosa, exercise bulimia, and binge-eating disorder.
    — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Tess Holliday shared more details about her experience with atypical anorexia nervosa in a recent interview on Today.
    — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 18 Jan. 2023
  • One of the diagnostic criteria of anorexia nervosa is body image disturbance, the experience of perceiving oneself as larger than one actually is.
    — Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • Ongoing and planned studies are testing the drug for conditions that include opioid dependence, PTSD and anorexia nervosa.
    — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 20 July 2022
  • Although anorexia nervosa was first identified in both boys and girls in the 19th century, Murray said boys were excluded from the research and the diagnostic criteria.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Eating disorders, or EDs, are a group of mental illnesses that most commonly include anorexia nervosa, bulimia and binge-eating disorder.
    — Sandhya Raman, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Mar. 2022
  • The medical term anorexia nervosa (starvation by the mind) was only identified much later, by the British physician William Gull in 1873.
    — Anna Shechtman, Harper's Magazine, 2 Mar. 2024

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