What is Anorexia Nervosa? People with anorexia nervosa starve themselves, subsisting on little or no food for an extended time, yet they remain convinced that they need to lose weight. As a result, their body weight is significantly below the average body weight of their age and height.  People who seek treatment for anorexia often come with the fear of gaining weight or looking fat. They have a distorted self-image of their bodies, often believing that they are disgustingly fat and need to lose weight despite being low weight.  People suffering from anorexia usually severely restrict their food intake to…