Anorexia is an eating disorder that primarily affects females, with 0.5-3.7% of women experiencing it at some point in their lives. It is caused by factors like negative comments about weight from others that lower self-esteem, and sometimes begins with a history of underfeeding as an infant. Signs include weight loss, wearing loose clothes, skipping meals, hair loss, fatigue, and menstrual changes in women. Anorexia is difficult to diagnose initially as those suffering deny the problem, but medical issues eventually reveal it. Treatment involves supervised weight gain through feeding tubes, as well as psychological counseling to address underlying issues and change perceptions of body image. Anorexia has one of the highest mortality rates of