Anorexia nervosa and the role of the school counselor

Anorexia Nervosa is a tendency of eating minimal amount of food in order to avoid weight gain. It is included in what we call Eating Disorders. Anorexia is considered as an illness that has to do with low self-esteem often with tremendous desire to control their surroundings and emotions. This article describes anorexia Nervosa and it discusses the role that school counselors could play in the school setting., since they are in daily contact with the highest risk group for developing eating disorders-children and adolescents.