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Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder in which people have a distorted\nbody image. Sufferers see themselves as overweight, regardless of their\nactual weight, and become obsessed with food, eating, and losing weight.\nPeople who suffer from anorexia often consume so few calories that they\nbecome emaciated and malnourished. Anorexia nervosa itself is treated as\na mental illness, and it is often associated with other mental illnesses\nsuch as depression and suicide.

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The consequences of anorexia can be deadly. According to U.S. News and\nWorld\nReport,\n90 percent of people with anorexia are young women. The disease accounts\nfor 86 out of 100,000 deaths among young women aged 15 to 24.

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Why People With Anorexia Don't Eat

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One reason people with anorexia don't eat is thought to be due to an\nimbalance in brain chemistry. In a\nstudy\npublished in the American Journal of Psychiatry, researchers found the\npart of the brain that associates the taste of food with pleasure is\nextremely underactive in women with anorexia. Another\nstudy out of Italy reports\nthat the endocannabinoid system does not function properly in patients\nwith anorexia. The endocannabinoid system is tied to homeostasis -- a\nbalance in the body's functions -- within the brain. In patients with\nanorexia, however, cannabinoid receptors are dysfunctional in the\nportion of the brain that plays in role in food intake.

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Cannabis and Appetite

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Cannabis has been linked to stimulating appetites for thousands of\nyears, but only in the 20th century was the connection made to look at\nthe chemical composition of cannabis and how it may help people with\nanorexia. Studies show that delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main\npsychoactive ingredient in cannabis, can successfully stimulate appetite\nin both\ncancer\nand\nAIDS\npatients. Tim C.\nKirkham,\na PhD and professor of Psychological Science at the University of\nLiverpool in England, has published extensively on the neurochemistry of\nappetite. He has found that THC binds to cannabinoid receptors in the\nbrain that are responsible for appetite. The THC not only improves\nappetite, but promotes\nthe rewards of\neating,\nallowing patients to experience the joy of eating again.

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