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Co-stars Keegan Michael-Key, Fred Savage, Billy Eichner, Nat Faxon and other talented folks. (July 14) A young woman is dealing with anorexia meets an unconventional doctor who challenges her to face her condition and embrace life.
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Netflix's recently dropped the trailer for To The Bone, a dramedy about a teen girl who has anorexia.
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Carter had also been treated for anorexia, and Roy had made earlier suicide attempts.
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I’ve been accused of promoting anorexia in, ironically enough, an anti bullying post.
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But Dr. Jennifer Lewallen, PhD. tended to agree with my growing hunch that blaming Instagram for female insecurity in general is a little like blaming Twiggy for anorexia.
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Fisher has the condition alopecia, which results in hair loss, and also struggled with anorexia in her teenage years, but is remarkably and refreshingly honest about both issues.
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The actress stars in the anorexia-focused To the Bone, which just sold big at Sundance.
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But Lisa, whose weight has plummeted from a healthy 140 lbs. to less than 90 lbs. in the last five years, doesn't have anorexia or bulimia.
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Origin and Etymology of anorexia
New Latin, from Greek, from a- + orexis appetite, from oregein
ANOREXIA Defined for English Language Learners
anorexia
playDefinition of anorexia for English Language Learners
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: a serious physical and emotional illness in which an abnormal fear of being fat leads to very poor eating habits and dangerous weight loss
Medical Dictionary
anorexia
playMedical Definition of anorexia
1: loss of appetite especially when prolonged
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