Nanda Nursing Diagnosis

NCP For Anorexia Nervosa Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by refusal to maintain a healthy body weight and an obsessive fear of gaining weight. It is often coupled with a distorted self image which may be maintained by various cognitive biases that alter how the affected individual evaluates and thinks about her or his body, food and eating. Persons with anorexia nervosa continue to feel hunger, but deny themselves all but very small quantities of food. The average caloric intake of a person with anorexia nervosa is 600-800 calories per day, but there are extreme cases of complete self-starvation. It is a serious mental illness with a high incidence of comorbidity and the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disorder. Anorexia most often has its onset in adolescence and is most prevalent among adolescent girls. However, it can affect men and women of any age, race, and socioeconomic and cultural background. Anorexia nervosa occurs in females 10 times more than...

Anorexia NervosaEating DisorderAnorexia nervosa is a disorder characterized by an intense fear of obesity or weight gain and the inability or refusal to maintain body weight at 85% minimum expected for height. It is generally considered to be a disorder of young women that begins in adolescence or young adulthood. It is becoming more common in males. Anorexia nervosa is marked by severely