By Emily K Gray, Steven Schlozman — 2017
People die from anorexia nervosa. This is true of other psychiatric syndromes, but with anorexia, the cause of death couldn’t be more straightforward.
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After his coaches replaced him as starter goalie with a newly-recruited player, Davis decided to get in peak physical condition: all muscle, no fat. He wanted to prove himself to coaches. He ate less and less; he worked out more and more. He lost almost 30 lbs and was eating 500 calories a day.