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What is required for a formal diagnosis of anorexia nervosa?

April 26, 2017anorexia diagnosis formal nervosa

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What is required for a formal diagnosis of anorexia nervosa?

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To receive a formal diagnosis of anorexia, one has to be 15% below their ideal body weight. They have to show a loss of menses, and they have to show body image distortion. To receive a formal diagnosis of anorexia, those are some of the components we have to see.