Anorexia Quizzes, Questions & Answers

Alarmingly, 15% of young anorexic women in the US remain undiagnosed even though they display a disordered eating behavior and pattern.

Anorexia, which has a crude mortality rate of 4% according to the American Journal of Psychiatry (2009), is a mental disorder characterized by obsession with slim figure, abnormal eating habits, restrictive behavior towards food intake, morbid fear of becoming fat and an aberrant self-perception of their body. How can a person be classified as anorexic? What degree of food restriction must qualify a person to be anorexic? What are the treatments available? Try the following quizzes to test your knowledge about anorexia.