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  2. Anorexia mirabilis - Wikipedia

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    Catherine of Siena. Anorexia mirabilis, also known as holy anorexia or inedia prodigiosa or colloquially as fasting girls, [1] [2] [3] is an eating disorder, similar to that of anorexia nervosa, [1] [2] that was common in, but not restricted to, the Middle Ages in Europe, largely affecting Catholic nuns and religious women.

  3. Inedia - Wikipedia

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    Inedia (Latin for 'fasting') or breatharianism (/ b r ɛ ˈ θ ɛər i ə n ɪ z əm / breth-AIR-ee-ən-iz-əm) is the claimed ability for a person to live without consuming food, and in some cases water.

  4. Starvation - Wikipedia

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    Starvation is a severe deficiency in caloric energy intake, below the level needed to maintain an organism's life. It is the most extreme form of malnutrition.In humans, prolonged starvation can cause permanent organ damage [1] and eventually, death.

  5. Famine - Wikipedia

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    A woman, man, and child, all dead from starvation during the Russian famine of 1921–1922. A famine is a widespread scarcity of food [1] [2] caused by several possible factors, including, but not limited to war, natural disasters, crop failure, widespread poverty, an economic catastrophe or government policies.

  6. 15 Foods That Are Difficult to Eat (but Worth It) - AOL

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    There are some food items that are simply hard to eat. Some foods, like ice cream cones, don't require any special equipment to get to the good stuff, but you'd be hard-pressed to finish a whole ...

  7. List of age-related terms with negative connotations - Wikipedia

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    Sheng nu: A derogatory Chinese slang term loosely translating to "leftover women", used to describe unmarried older women.(see "Spinster" below) Silver fox: A sexually-attractive or promiscuous older person, typically a woman. (see "cougar" above) Spinster: A woman who, in her own culture, is single beyond the age at which most people get married.

  8. Starved - Wikipedia

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    Starved is an American television sitcom that aired for one season on FX for seven episodes in 2005. The series was about four friends who each suffer from eating disorders , who met at a "shame-based" support group called Belt Tighteners.

  9. Vorarephilia - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] [3] Soft vore fantasies are separated from sexual fantasies of cannibalism, also referred to as "hard vore", [4] [better source needed] because the soft vore victim is normally swallowed alive and whole. [1] The word vorarephilia is derived from the Latin vorare (to "swallow" or "devour"), and Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, "love").