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Characteristic clinical features of anorexia nervosa include:
- Maintenance of a low body weight less than a body mass index of 17.5.
- Amenorrhoea either primary or secondary in females, in males loss of libido.
- A severe fear of fatness and phobia of normal body weight.
- A distorted body image where the individual does not recognise the degree of their emaciation. In particular as weight is gained they misinterpret changes in body weight and shape.
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