Analysis Of Anorexia Nervosa

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Since Maria was three years old, she has been dedicating her life to dance. As a dancer, she has been pressured to dance perfectly. She is currently a second year dance student at Santa Clara University. After she fainted at her dance class, her professor required her to see me, a dietitian, before she returns to class. After looking over Maria’s symptoms, I would diagnose her with almost anorexia. If she continues these eating habits without any treatment, she will most like be diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa (A.N.) restricting type. Maria shows self-starvation, ignores hunger cues, restrict amount of food, restricts kinds of food, and results in starvation from the Anorexia DSM-5. But, she does not qualify even death from the A.N. DSM-5 because her weight is normal for her …show more content…

Her Ideal Body Weight (IBW) is 121.5-148.5 lbs. Since she weights 128 lbs., she is not in risk for the Refeeding Syndrome. Although, she tried to persuade me that her eating was fine, she admits to fasting, cleanses, and other unhealthy methods to lose weight. This shows that Maria self starves herself and ignores hunger cues, which are two of the DSM-5 of AN, and denial is a key feature of having Anorexia Nervosa. Looking at the type of foods Maria eats, I noticed she limits herself to certain foods. For example, she does not eat meat, nor does she replace meat with a similar protein. She also restricts herself from going out to eat with her friends, and only eats when she is in her apartment room. Recently, Maria gained eight pounds, making her feel insecure about her body. Patients who are diagnosed with A.N. have severe body dissatisfaction and in fear of gaining weight. In a result of her gaining weight, she started to restrict her food intake drastically and continued

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