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Hey, so we are here talking about issues related to human nutrition, and we're in chapter 36 of the book biology concepts and applications, the 8th edition.
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One serious condition that relates to nutrition is anorexia nervosa.
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Anorexia is literally means no appetite or without appetite.
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And so people with anorexia nervosa, there's a strong psychological component where they think that they're too heavy, too big, even when they're not.
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And so they are obsessed with food, but not with eating it, but with eating very little.
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Some of the problems that go along with this are bone loss, hair loss, fat loss.
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And this is especially this problem, especially common in young women, the fat loss makes it hard to control body temperature, but it also leads to amenorrhea or a cessation of the menstrual cycle...