Is the reduction of food intake even to the point of self-starvation a recent phenomenon (occurring only in the last several decades)? Explain
What will be an ideal response?
No, self-starvation goes back to the 12th century and was often tied to religious rituals. People denied themselves food as a way to prove their devotion and to achieve holiness. Females who starved themselves were spectacles at fairs and received a lot of attention. What these women of different time periods had in common was striving for perfection.
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a. deductive b. convergent c. divergent d. intuitive
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a. ?judgmental b. ?creativity c. ?extraversion d. ?competitiveness
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a. aneurysm
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c. heart attack
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