Kashish Kapoor, Age 18

Underweight, Anorexia(eating disorder)

Anorexia is a condition in which individuals eat very little food, leading to Malnutrition and eventually starvation. She was only 28kg when she joined our weight gain program.

Eating disorders are an important cause of physical and psychosocial morbidity in adolescent girls and young adult women. They are much less frequent in men.

The cause of eating disorders is complex and badly understood. There is a genetic predisposition, and certain specific environmental risk factors have been implicated.