Abstract of main article: Anorexia Nervosa has since the 1870s been a well-known disease for psychologists and other medical professionals. It took a long time for the general public to get aware of the disease and its processes. Today, the disease is relatively widespread around the Western world, caused by unnatural body ideals.

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Sources list for:
"The History Of Anorexia Nervosa and other Eating Disorders"

  1. Hélene Glant, Sluta Hetsäta, Natur och Kultur 1993.
  2. Joan Jacobs Brumberg, Fasting Girls - The History of Anorexia Nervosa, Harvard University Press, 1988.
  3. Interview with Gunborg Palme, legitimerad Psykolog och psykoterapeut.
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