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Whereas there is effective, validated treatment for children and teenagers, 17 to 25 year-olds can all too easily be thrown into a world of adult chronic sufferers, where few approaches have been validated by research. One reason may be that adults have simply been sicker for longer, says angela guarda, director of the eating disorders program at johns hopkins university the longer you have anorexia, the more anorexia creates physiological changes in the body and the brain that then create a self-sustaining cycle. assessing the impact of anorexia on survival among older adults is an important and complex issue. Studies conducted in a sample of community-living persons aged 65 years revealed that anorexia and unintentional weight loss are powerful risk factors of mortality, independent of age, gender and other potential confounders 37. The typical profile of a person with anorexia nervosa is an adolescent to young adult female who is perfectionistic, hard-working, introverted, resistant to change and highly self-critical. get the facts about anorexia nervosa in adults - including symptoms and treatments - at womansday. Men and women of any age can get anorexia, but its most common in young women and typically starts in the mid-teens. Four young adults with subthreshold anorexia nervosa were provided 1120 sessions of family-based treatment for young adults with pre-, post- and follow-up assessments. At post- and follow-up, 34 participants were in the normal weight range, 34 were in the non-clinical range on the eating disorders examination and reported being notmildly. Anorexia if youre concerned about anorexia nervosa, youre not alone. Around 1 in 100 young people aged between 10 and 20 suffer from anorexia each year. It can be very difficult to accept that you have a problem, but when you do, there are lots of people who can help.