Answer:
The correct answer to the question: Anorexia nervosa is the chronic fear of:____, would be, B: Getting fat.
Explanation:
Anorexia nervosa, like other such alimentary disorders, is defined as the abnormal fear that people have to gaining weight. In order to prevent it, they resort to all kinds of methods to prevent that from happening. The real problem lies in the distorted way that the person perceives his/her body, with the result always being that they think they are fat. The fear of gaining weight makes them almost paranoid in reducing calorie intake, or getting rid of any calories present, if they have eaten anything at all. The answer is B, because these patients, more than an aversion to food, have an aversion to seeing themselves fat.
