article_snippet.sent: According to the NHS Anorexia or Anorexia nervosa, to give the NHS Anorexia or Anorexia nervosa full name, is a serious mental health condition in which people try to keep people body weight as low as possible.
article_snippet.sent: Anorexia most commonly occurs in women, starting around the age of 16 or 17.
article_snippet.sent: Although there are cases of men suffering from Anorexia too.
article_snippet.sent: Often people suffering from anorexia will obsessively count calories, take laxatives and repeatedly weight people suffering from anorexia or check people suffering from anorexia bodies in the mirror.
article_snippet.sent: If you think you know someone who is suffering from Anorexia talk to someone who is suffering from the disease gently about Anorexia.
article_snippet.sent: You can also seek advice from an eating disorder charity such as Beat, who will be able to talk you through how to help someone who is suffering from the disease and how to handle the situation.
article_snippet.sent: In February 2015 it was estimated that around 725,000 people were suffering from an eating disorder in the UK - 10 per cent of those were suffering from anorexia. '