Fill in the blanks. Text from the Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders. Answers there or in comments.
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is an eating disorder characterized by [ANSWER A]. Because of this fear, the affected individual starves herself or himself, and the person's weight falls to about [ANSWER B]% (or less) of the normal weight for age and height.
In order to diagnose AN, a patient's symptoms must meet the symptom criteria [which] include:
Refusal to maintain normal body weight, resulting in a weight that is less than [ANSWER B]% of the expected weight.
Even though the affected person is underweight, he or she has an intense fear of [ANSWER C].
Distorted body image, obsession with body weight as key factor in self-evaluation, or denial of the seriousness of the low body weight.
[ANSWER D]
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