Anorexics have markedly different brain activity levels

A new study released this week found that those suffering (or who have suffered) from anorexia nervosa have quite a difference in their brain patterns compared to those that have never developed the disorder.

Is a difference in the brain the cause of the eating disorder which can pale down someone to flesh and bones? That's hard to say. Using unique brain-scanning and reward-penalty research, the study concluded that the brains of young women who had anorexia nervosa were indeed not making a distinction insofar as making a large difference between winning and losing.

Lead researcher from the research team out of Pittsburgh said that "for anorexics, then, perhaps it is difficult to appreciate immediate pleasure if it does not feel much different from a negative experience."