Nutrition Through The Life Cycle
Nutrition Through The Life Cycle
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Author: Brown, Judith E.
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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To determine: Long-term outcome and prognosis of Person A’s issue.

Introduction: A person’s dietary plan and behavioral pattern are usually very important in predicting the long-term outcome of a given medical condition. Anorexia nervosa is a psychological eating disorder in which the person abstains from having nutritious food in time. Patients with this syndrome are typically characterized by low body weight with respect to age and height as compared to the unaffected individuals. As a result, various systems in the body are compromised. The persons suffer from fear of becoming overweight, but it can result in development of serious life-threatening conditions in the long term. Person A is suspected to have long-term effects of the current eating issue.

Anorexia nervosa is a psychological eating disorder typically characterized by low body weight with respect to age and height of the affected individuals. These individuals have fear of becoming overweight which adversely affects their eating habits  and patterns and can result in development of serious life-threatening conditions.

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