Sylvia,although Extremely Thin,looks in the Mirror and Sees Excessive Body

question 36

Short Answer

Sylvia,although extremely thin,looks in the mirror and sees excessive body fat.She exercises obsessively and eats very little.Sylvia might be diagnosed as having ________.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviations

A measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values from the mean (average) of the data set.

Marasmus

A form of severe malnutrition characterized by energy deficiency.

Protein Calorie Malnutrition

A nutritional disorder caused by a lack of dietary protein and calories, leading to body tissue wasting and weakened immunity.

Infectious Diseases

Diseases caused by pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi, that can be spread, directly or indirectly, from one person to another.