An Eating Disorder That Involves the Relentless Pursuit of Thinness

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Short Answer

An eating disorder that involves the relentless pursuit of thinness through starvation.

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Definitions:

Moral Hazard

The situation in which one party engages in risky behavior knowing that it is protected against the risk because another party will bear the cost.

Financial Crisis

A situation where financial assets suddenly lose a significant part of their nominal value, often leading to market crashes and economic downturns.

Too Big to Fail

A concept that some financial institutions are so large and interconnected that their failure could lead to a catastrophic effect on the broader economy, necessitating government intervention.

Asymmetric Information

A situation in which one party in a transaction has more or significantly better information than the other.